Question

The owner of botnets can control the botnet using ___________________ software.

(a) trojans

(b) command and control

(c) servers

(d) infected servers

I have been asked this question during an interview.

The origin of the question is Attack Vectors in portion Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right option is (b) command and control

To explain I would say: A botnet owner can govern and manage the botnet through command & programs. Botnets are implemented to carry out distributed DDoS attacks, steal data, send spam messages & permits the hacker to access various devices & its connection.