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2022-07-20 08:41:00 (vue: 2022-07-20 16:05:37) |
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BrandPost: The Changing Use of Botnets will Impact Networks Around the World |
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Although it's sometimes easy to think about threat actors as evil geniuses, the reality is they're like any other group of people whose goal is to make money with as little effort as possible.That's clearly seen throughout Netscout's 2H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report, which highlights several examples where threat actors have improved the efficacy of long-established attack methods via new modifications and strategies. Such is the case for botnets, which have been around since the 1980s.Innovation throughout historyIndeed, a quick history of botnets illustrates how attackers have modified their strategies for using them over the course of 20 years. The first botnets were deployed on server-class computers. Later, attackers began building distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-capable botnets by compromising personal computers (PCs) – and attackers continue using compromised PCs to create botnets for launching DDoS attacks today.To read this article in full, please click here |
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