What is a Botnet and why should they concern Governments!

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Botnets are networks of compromised computers, controlled by remote attackers in order to perform such illicit tasks as sending spam or attacking other computers.

What is a Botnet

botnet What is a Botnet and why should they concern Governments!

Botnets should be of concern to governments and businesses because of their ability to harness large numbers of individual computers to direct an attack against information technology infrastructure.

Microsoft is taking an aggressive approach to fighting botnets by collaborating with governments and others to take them down. Microsoft is also providing businesses, governments, and consumers with security tools and guidance.

Working towards this goal, Microsoft has released a document titled ‘Botnets: Guidance for Governments ‘ which can be downloaded at Microsoft.

Some of you may want to learn more about Botnets!

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  • http://polarisft.com/ Intellect

    Good post….
    “A botnet is a collection of software agents, or robots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is most commonly associated with IRC bots and more recently malicious software, but it can also refer to a network of computers using distributed computing software”