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Curious, as I'm quite the noob: why would an attacker install an IRC bot onto a vulnerable system? Are they able to send the system commands via IRC? Or is it

by JonLim 12y ago

Curious, as I'm quite the noob: why would an attacker install an IRC bot onto a vulnerable system? Are they able to send the system commands via IRC? Or is it for a less nefarious reason?

Fuzzwah 12y ago
Yes to both. IRC is the common method of setting up a command and control system for a network of hijacked systems.
- JonLim 12y ago
  Gotcha, thanks!