botnet

noun

bot·net ˈbät-ˌnet

: a network of computers that have been linked together by malware : a network of bots (see bot entry 1 sense 2b)

Criminals link hijacked personal computers together to form "botnets"—clusters of infected PCs that spammers can control from anywhere in the world.—

Dave Mosher

Examples of botnet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Second, the malware droppers serve as specialized botnets that facilitate the installation of additional malware. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024 John Scott-Railton, a researcher at the Canadian nonprofit the Citizen Lab, said the countries provided such detailed information about the inner workings of the botnet to help other investigators and companies know what to look for. —

Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 10 July 2024 Operation Endgame, the name Europol gave to the takedown effort, is the largest operation to ever target botnets, the officials said. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024 Another way to hinder botnets is through the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA). —

Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 3 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for botnet

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