Lethic botnet, the Glossary
The Lethic Botnet (initially discovered around 2008) is a botnet consisting of an estimated 210 000 - 310 000 individual machines which are mainly involved in pharmaceutical and replica spam.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Botnet, Cybercrime, Internet security, Internet service provider, Malware, Neustar, The Register, United States, Zombie (computing).
- Distributed computing projects
Botnet
A botnet is a group of Internet-connected devices, each of which runs one or more bots. Lethic botnet and botnet are botnets, Internet security and Spamming.
Cybercrime
Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks.
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Internet security
Internet security is a branch of computer security.
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Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.
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Malware
Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software)Tahir, R. (2018).
Neustar
Neustar, Inc. is an American technology company that provides real-time information and analytics for risk, digital performance, defense, telecommunications, entertainment, and marketing industries, and also provides clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries.
The Register
The Register is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Zombie (computing)
In computing, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker. Lethic botnet and zombie (computing) are botnets.
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See also
Distributed computing projects
- Alureon
- AmbieSense
- Asprox botnet
- Bagle (computer worm)
- Bellard's formula
- Blockchain-based Service Network
- Bluesky (social network)
- Bredolab botnet
- Compute Against Cancer
- Cutwail botnet
- Distributed Proofreaders
- Donbot botnet
- FamilySearch Indexing
- Folding@home
- Golomb ruler
- Grid.org
- Grum botnet
- Gstock
- Gumblar
- Java Heterogeneous Distributed Computing
- Kelihos botnet
- Kraken botnet
- Lethic botnet
- Mapnik
- Mariposa botnet
- Mega-D botnet
- Metulji botnet
- Nitol botnet
- Nordic Data Grid Facility
- Nostr
- OpenStreetMap
- PiHex
- Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases
- Rustock botnet
- Sality
- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- Slenfbot
- Srizbi botnet
- Stockfish (chess)
- Storage@home
- Storm botnet
- SwellRT
- Systemic (amateur extrasolar planet search project)
- Virut
- Waledac botnet
- ZeroAccess botnet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethic_botnet
Also known as Lethic.