botherder

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See also: bot herder

English

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Etymology

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From bot +‎ herder.

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botherder (plural botherders)

  1. (Internet, computer security) A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
    • 2007, Larry Chaffin, Craig Schiller, Anton Chuvakin, Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis:
      After securing the computer against antivirus tools, previous hackers, and detection by the user, the botherder might check to see what else might be here.
    • 2009, John Hoopes, Virtualization for security:
      Most bots use a central C&C server for communicating with their botherder, and normally they use the standard IRC protocol for that purpose.

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