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What is a Bot?

What is a bot? A bot is short for robot, but that part you probably knew. These days the term “bot” is used most often for cyber security. In cyber security, a bot refers to a computer that’s been compromised to push out spam or DDOS attacks or one with specific instructions to do something equally evil, such as stealing passwords or exploiting other vulnerabilities.

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