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Malicious Bots
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Malicious Bots

by Ken Dunham, Jim Melnick
August 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
168 pages
4h 55m
English
Auerbach Publications
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Chapter 8
Concluding Thoughts
is book began with the assertion that bots, when they were first created, were
neutral entities. It took some time before malicious actors began to harness the
power they offered into all sorts of nefarious purposes. But harness them they did,
and today, without question, malicious bots have impacted the entire cyber realm
and significantly contributed to automated and highly scalable criminal operations.
O
r, to put it another way using underground-like terms: “Botnets Rule!” Bots have
served their purpose well in the early portion of this new era for Internet fraud,
helping to move beyond child’s play and one-off ...
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