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Bots Vs Botnets Vs Zombies

The document compares bots, botnets, and zombies by defining each, describing their purpose and methods of communication, infection, control, size, payloads, and persistence. Bots are individual programs while botnets are networks of infected computers controlled centrally and zombies are malware infiltrated individual computers.

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Bots Vs Botnets Vs Zombies

The document compares bots, botnets, and zombies by defining each, describing their purpose and methods of communication, infection, control, size, payloads, and persistence. Bots are individual programs while botnets are networks of infected computers controlled centrally and zombies are malware infiltrated individual computers.

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Point of

Bots Botnets Zombies


Comparison

Automated software Networks of infected Malware infiltrated in


Definition
programs computers dividual computers

Perform automatic chores, Controlled by a central A botmaster controls i


Purpose
whether good or bad. command server t remotely.

N/A – Avoid communi


It is possible to communicat Inter-botnet communi
Communication cating within a networ
e with a command server. cation
k.

Malware infection, foll


owed by replication vi Infected by malware o
Infection Infected by malware or socia
a self-propagation or c r other techniques of
Method l engineering techniques
ommand and control s exploitation
ervers

Botmaster/Bot Controls and manages the Controls and comman N/A – No central
Herder bots ds the botnet control

The number of people


Individual instances
Size Individual instances might range from a fe
within a botnet
w to millions.

Executes coordinated
Spamming, DDoS attacks, da
Payload assaults, spamming, d N/A – Typically part of
ta theft, and more uses are p
Delivery ata theft, cryptocurren a botnet
ossible.
cy mining, and so on.

It is possible that it will rema


Remains connected to May remain on the sys
Persistence in on the system until it is de
the botnet may. tem until removed.
leted.
Point of
Bots Botnets Zombies
Comparison

Botnet Size and N/A – A single infected


Individual bot Can span globally
Reach computer

Infected computers
Mirai, Zeus, Necurs,
Examples Web crawlers, chatbots used in DDoS attacks,
Emotet, Conficker
spamming, etc.

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