TY - BOOK AU - Dunham, Ken. AU - Melnick, Jim. TI - Malicious Bots: an inside look into the cyber Criminal underground of the internet SN - 9781420069037 (alk. paper) U1 - 364.168 DUN PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton, London, New York PB - CRC Press KW - Computer crimes KW - Case studies KW - Internet N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Originally designed as neutral entities, computerized bots are increasingly being used maliciously by online criminals in mass spamming events, fraud, extortion, identity theft, and software theft. Malicious Bots: An Inside Look into the Cyber-Criminal Underground of the Internet explores the rise of dangerous bots and exposes the nefarious methods of "botmasters". This valuable resource assists information ER -