discussion

Botnet attack is where group of devices are infected by malware that lets the hacker to manipulate these devices which are connected internally by internet within an organization. Botnet attack can destroy personal and enterprise identity. Initially botnet will attack an individual and eventually an organization. Botnet will gain access to an individual system and build its chain to strengthen the network like infecting more systems, electronic devices and network devices. These devices eventually will be controlled by the hacker. These devices are now called as bot. These army of bots will help botnet to achieve hackers’ goal such as data theft. Few potential threats are data breach. The organization can lose its confidential data related to organization, organization policies, employee, customers and organizations business strategy. As we know how important and confidential the data is for an organization. This article says that in 2014 few companies (like Microsoft and Symantec) has identified 19 botnet groups which controlled more than trillions of bots (Shirazi, 2015). Various organizations spent millions of dollars to build secure and safe environment. But using these bots, botnet can still break the security to gain access to the data. This can cause huge damage to an organization economically and destroy its reputation.

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Shirazi, R. (2015). Botnet takedown initiatives: A taxonomy and performance model. Technology Innovation Management Review, 5(1), 15-20. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1676102254?accountid=10378