A botnet is a group of computers which are under a hackers control. These can through devices which they themself own or it can be through zombie devices.
A zombie device is a device which the hacker has installed a backdoor. The hacker can use this backdoor to control the resources which belong to that device.
A botnet is most commonly used for the brute force hacking techniques, it gives the hacker the raw power of which they can attack targets. A common use for a botnet is for the hacker to be able to DDOS a target for a much more effective outcome.
Botnets can range in size from a few devices to hundreds of thousands of devices.
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