<aside> <img src="/icons/wheelchair-motorized_gray.svg" alt="/icons/wheelchair-motorized_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Zombies, in the context of botnets, refer to individual computers that have been compromised and are under the control of the botmaster. These computers are often infected with malware, such as Trojans, worms, or other types of malicious software, which allows the botmaster to establish control over them.

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Botnets are used:

• as pivot points
• to disguise the real attacker
• to host illegal activities
• to spam others by sending out phishing campaigns and other malware

The most common use for a botnet is to conduct a DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) Attack

Botnets are used by attackers to combine processing power to break through different types of encryption schemes

Attackers usually only use about 20-25% of any zombie’s processing power