At their most basic, botnets are made up of large networks of 'zombie' computers all obeying one master computer Once those things are in place, a botnet should be ready to go cause some mayhem. Secondly, you need someone to actually command them to do something, frequently called the Command and Control center, or “bot herder” (but not “the necromancer” for some insane reason).
It might seem simple, almost harmless, but as the paragraph above attests, it’s the powerhouse behind some of the worst attacks hackers can attempt.Ī botnet relies on two things: for one, it needs a large network of infected devices, known as “zombies”, to do the grunt work and heavy lifting for whatever scheme the hacker has planned. Basically, a botnet is a network of infected computers which, under the command of a single master computer, work together to accomplish a goal.
