Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Last week I learned about the mIRC, which is basically where hackers communicate. I learned the basics of how to communicate and how to protect your identity. I also learned about bots, which a basically programs that connect to IRC channels. The bots can be used by hackers. The bot connects to IRC from the victims computer and the hacker then has control of the computer. This allows hackers to create botnets, which occur when one person controls a large number of computers. In order to prevent from being caught many people connect to multiple hosts in multiple countries which makes it hard for people to find out the hackers location.
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Lauren, you are learning some very interesting computer science. Have you read any news items that relate to this? This seems to be a very contemporary field.
ReplyDeletePlease remember to add two things to each blog post: 1. The date of the day that you are writing about, and 2. Add some context to each post, so that it is clear how each day fits into your larger project/experience.
Otherwise, well done!