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“Botnets changed tactics, an advanced new virus was deployed, and specific network routers were targeted for attack.”
Botnets attack routers and inclusive of these are network routers.Did you know that Botnets can exist that consist mainly of routers? It exists, although they are not very common. There is a specific Botnet which goes by the name of Psybot.Pyschbot seems to specialise in attacking small home network routers that run a Linux for MIPS CPUS.
According to Wikipedia Botnet be described as:”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 worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors, under a common command-and-control infrastructure.”
How does a Network attack occur? Well it is actually quite fascinating, due to many facets. When an attacker makes the decision to target a particular organization, they have two choices. Either they could use the emails of employees or go through the gateway. It is actually easy to location the specific IP address due to the factor that most companies host their email servers on the company network. The attacker is then able to pull off the rest of the attack quite simply and effectively.
DDoS attacks are constantly becoming a bigger issue in the world today, due to the factor that some of the motivations of the attackers are changing.DDos Attacks that are occurring are being actively launched via Botnets.The damage that is caused to these victims are extremely huge. The Cyber attacks On Estonian Government websites brought this method of attack to our attention. These Botnets were literally used to launch these attacks against the routers of ISPs which were hosting the Estonian government sites, as well as their DNS system servers.
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