By Phil Worms

Want to steal data? Then send out a bot. These little devils have become the scourge of our online lives.

Cybercriminals distribute malicious software (malware) that turns your computer into a bot (robot) which they then get to carry out tasks over the internet without you knowing. Lots of infected computers form a network or botnet. They’ve given hackers and cybercriminals the ability to send out millions and millions of spam emails and massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Source: The Drum