Note: In popular terminology, a âparanoidâ personality is characterized by suspicion and distrust of others; a tendency to look for hidden meaning behind other people's actions; argumentativeness; complaining; low tolerance for criticism; and a constant display of one's own talents, accomplishments, independence, and rationality.
bot 2. n. 1. A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as in participating in chatroom or IRC discussions. 2. A software program, such as a spider, that performs automated tasks on the Internet.
A Botnet is able to control the computers it targets by using a malicious software, after which the computers and devices are used to perform cybercriminal activities such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, spam emails, and data theft. Also referred to as Zombies.