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Botmaster vs Botherder - What's the difference?

botmaster | botherder | Synonyms |

Botherder is a synonym of botmaster.



In internet terms the difference between botmaster and botherder

is that botmaster is a malicious hacker who controls a botnet while botherder is a malicious hacker who controls a botnet.

botmaster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Internet) A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
  • * 2010 , John R. Vacca, Network and System Security (page 207)
    • Tracking the botmaster to her true physical location is a complex problem that is described in detail in the next section.

    Synonyms

    * botherder

    botherder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) 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.

    Synonyms

    * botmaster

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs