botherder
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See also: bot herder
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]botherder (plural botherders)
- (Internet, computer security) A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
- 2007, Larry Chaffin, Craig Schiller, Anton Chuvakin, Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis:
- After securing the computer against antivirus tools, previous hackers, and detection by the user, the botherder might check to see what else might be here.
- 2009, John Hoopes, Virtualization for security:
- Most bots use a central C&C server for communicating with their botherder, and normally they use the standard IRC protocol for that purpose.