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:"Commonly used for DDoS attacks, attackers also make use of the botnets’ collective power to scale attacks such as spamming, credential compromise, delivering malware or cryptocurrency mining. | :"Commonly used for DDoS attacks, attackers also make use of the botnets’ collective power to scale attacks such as spamming, credential compromise, delivering malware or cryptocurrency mining. | ||
"Nowadays, botnets seem to focus more and more on ransomware and not on fraud related activities." | :"Nowadays, botnets seem to focus more and more on ransomware and not on fraud related activities." | ||
''Payments Threats and Fraud Trends - European Payments Council - 2021.'' | :''Payments Threats and Fraud Trends - European Payments Council - 2021.'' | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Advanced Persistent Threat]] | *[[Advanced Persistent Threat]] | ||
*[[Council to Secure the Digital Economy]] | *[[Council to Secure the Digital Economy]] (CSDE) | ||
*[[Credential compromise]] | *[[Credential compromise]] | ||
*[[Cyber security]] | *[[Cyber security]] | ||
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*[[European Payments Council]] | *[[European Payments Council]] | ||
*[[Malware]] | *[[Malware]] | ||
*[[Ransomware]] | *[[Ransomware]] | ||
*[[Robotics]] | *[[Robotics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:44, 27 January 2022
Cybercrime - cyberthreat.
The word 'botnet' is a combination of 'robot' and 'network'.
Botnets are a collection of internet-connected devices compromised by an attacker, without the knowledge of the victim.
- Malicious activity through botnets
- "Commonly used for DDoS attacks, attackers also make use of the botnets’ collective power to scale attacks such as spamming, credential compromise, delivering malware or cryptocurrency mining.
- "Nowadays, botnets seem to focus more and more on ransomware and not on fraud related activities."
- Payments Threats and Fraud Trends - European Payments Council - 2021.
See also
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- Council to Secure the Digital Economy (CSDE)
- Credential compromise
- Cyber security
- Cyber security: protecting your business and your clients
- Cybercrime
- Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity
- Cyberthreat
- Cryptocurrency mining
- DDoS
- European Payments Council
- Malware
- Ransomware
- Robotics
- Whaling
