Spam Bot & internet Bots
- 2. Introduction Types of bots SpamBots Implementation of spam bot Conclusion
- 3. An Internet bot, also known as web robot, WWW robot or simply bot, is a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone Bots are routinely used on the internet where the emulation of human activity is required, for example chat bots. A simple question and answer exchange online may appear to be with another person, when in fact it is simply with a bot Some bots communicate with other users of Internet-based services, via instant messaging (IM), internet relay chats (IRC), or another web interface.
- 4. Legitimate Bots Spider Bots: Used by the search engines to explore Web pages for content. Trading Bots: These spider the online auction sites to locate the best deals on a specific product or service. Media Bots: Media bots are used to provide updates on weather conditions, & news. Malicious Bots Spam Bots: Used for collecting data from forms that have been filled out online, spreading advertisements and pop-ups throughout the Internet, and collecting email addresses for the purpose of spamming. Hacker Bots: Hackers use this type of bot to crawl around the Internet and find vulnerabilities in websites Botnets: Botnets are networks that hackers set up online by using "zombie" computers to perform malicious acts such as denial of service attacks.
- 5. A spambot is a computer program designed to assist in the sending of spam. Spambots usually create accounts and send spam messages with them. E-mail spambots harvest e-mail addresses from material found on the Internet in order to build mailing lists for sending unsolicited e-mail, also known as spam . Such spambots are web crawlers that can gather e-mail addresses from websites, newsgroups, special-interest group (SIG) postings, and chat-room conversations. Because e-mail addresses have a distinctive format, such spambots are easy to code
- 6. Bots pose a significant and growing threat against cyber security It provides key platform for many cyber crimes. As network security has become integral part of our life and botnets have become the most serious threat to it It is very important to detect botnet attack and find the solution for it
- 7. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpqr6ubsqir0dw6 /Spambot.zip?dl=0 SOURCE CODE IN PYTHON FOR ABOVE SPAMBOT (may contain some errors) https://www.dropbox.com/s/8a92q0el3uips0 m/a3.py?dl=0