What Does the Slang Word Bot Mean?

Abstract

Bots are networks affected by malicious programs that let them act against the user's intentions. Bots associate and receive commands from the “bot herders” who can build distributed networks of bots, or botnets, to remit organized attacks. Botnets have intensified the stand of viruses propelling attacks on the click fraud, keylogging, spam, denial of service, phishing, key cracking, and copyright infringements. Botnets can be an efficient malware injecting platform in a way that a new virus is transmitted out hastily by several bots. Such a bot significantly shrinks the response time and patch window that system administrators require to deliver essential assistance.

There are several bots on the web on any given day, organized into thousands of botnets which are perceived to be one of the principal causes of malicious activity on the web which are growing swiftly and innovating methods for developing malicious codes and ensuing attacks. Bots slink into a user’s network in distinct ways which later disseminates over the web by uncovering vulnerabilities, unprotected networks to corrupt. The minute bot encounters an exposed network, it directly infects the network and then reports back to its master. Bots aim to stay hidden until they are commanded to carry out a task.