Botnet
Botnet
- April 23, 2021
- Posted by: Nicola Selenu

A network of bot infected devices that is used for massive denial-of-service attacks and bulk-email attacks where a huge number of emails from one point can be blocked by the service provider. In 2016, the Mirai botnet used web-connected DVRs, IP cameras, routers and IoT devices to launch an attack on Dyn, a company that runs the DNS infrastructure for many popular websites, such as Twitter, Netflix, Reddit and CNN. The attack resulted in many of these sites being taken offline.
Author:Nicola Selenu
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Botnet
A network of bot infected devices that is used for massive denial-of-service attacks and bulk-email attacks where a huge number of emails from one point can be blocked by the service provider. In 2016, the Mirai botnet used web-connected DVRs, IP cameras, routers and IoT devices to launch an attack on Dyn, a company that runs the DNS infrastructure for many popular websites, such as Twitter, Netflix, Reddit and CNN. The attack resulted in many of these sites being taken offline.
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Email Service Providers Handbook
The most comprehensive “Handbook of Email Service Providers“!
SPAMASSASSIN RULES
All SpamAssassin rules in one place, EXPLAINED!
SMTP COMMANDS
& REPLY CODES
All SMTP/ESMTP commands and reply codes in one place, EXPLAINED!
Free DNS Tool
Check the DNS records of your domain with our free DNS tool.
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