Bots or Internet robots, also known as spiders, crawlers, and web bots are software program that operates on internet and are utilized to perform repetitive jobs. Bots are of 2 types viz. good bots and bad bots. While good bots can be used for performing tasks such as indexing a search engine, bad bots can be utilized to form a bot network and carry out malware attacks. According to Akamai, botnet is a collection of internet-connected devices infected by malware that allow hackers to control them. Cybercriminals use botnets to instigate botnet attacks, which include malicious activities such as credentials leaks, unauthorized access, data theft and DDoS attacks. Bot security provides solution and services to detect such botnets, block them, mitigate them, prevent organizations from possible botnet attacks, and keep them secure.
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