Question

Discuss any three Networked Applications targeted/attacked by Botnet

Answer 1

The three applications attacked by Botnet can be attacks drive-by downloads, e-mail or exploiting some vulnerability in browsers such as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Botnet is the name by which any group of infected computers is called and which are controlled by a remote attacker. A hacker or a group of them makes a botnet using malware that infects a large number of computers. Computers that are part of the botnet are known as "bots."

Hackers use two methods to infect computers and make them part of their botnet: one is drive-by downloads and email attacks. In the first, the process needs the attacker to find a web page with a vulnerability. In this way, the hacker loads the malicious code on the page and exploits such vulnerability as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. The malicious code redirects the user's browser to a site controlled by the hacker, from where the bot code is downloaded and installed on the computer. Another type of attack is the sending of a large amount of spam, where a Word or PDF file with a malicious code or a link to a page where the code is hosted is attached.

Answer 2

Botnet is define as the number of the internet connection where each devices in the botnet connection run one and more than one bot in the network. It is basically use to performed DDOS ( Distributed denial of service) attack in the system, steal data and also allow the hacker to access different devices.

The three networked applications that are targeted by the botnet is that:

• Many e-mail applications are basically spammed by the users for entering the login credential by using the fake websites.
• DDOS ( Distributed denial of service) attack is also one of the main application that are attacked by the botnet in the system.
• Many types of banking applications that theft the data or important information which include users login details and credit or debit cards details that are hacked by the attackers in the system.