Botnets Primer And Demo























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In this video series, Corey Nachreiner from WatchGuard talks in detail about Botnets - what they are, how they work, how are they deployed and then finally controlled. He also briefly touches upon how botnets can be harnessed to conduct massive Distributed Denail of Service (DDoS) attacks and then finally discusses how we can protect ourselves from them.



Unfortunately, the video-audio are out of sync in these videos, so please bear with him. This is a very good primer for people inquisitive about botnets. For those of you who would like to learn about Botnets, Malware, Trojans and how to program them, look no further than



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Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software. While the term "botnet" can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, this word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised computers (called Zombie computers) running software, usually installed via drive-by downloads exploiting Web browser vulnerabilities, worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors, under a common command-and-control infrastructure. A botnet's originator (aka "bot herder" or "bot master") can control the group remotely, usually through a means such as IRC, and usually for nefarious purposes.In this video series, Corey Nachreiner from WatchGuard talks in detail about Botnets - what they are, how they work, how are they deployed and then finally controlled. He also briefly touches upon how botnets can be harnessed to conduct massive Distributed Denail of Service (DDoS) attacks and then finally discusses how we can protect ourselves from them.Unfortunately, the video-audio are out of sync in these videos, so please bear with him. This is a very good primer for people inquisitive about botnets. For those of you who would like to learn about Botnets, Malware, Trojans and how to program them, look no further than OpenSC forums. They have a ton of useful info there including source code of trojans and malware.Thanks for out to SecuMania for posting these videos.

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