An "idle" system is also referred to as what?

The correct answer is C. Zombie. In cybersecurity, an 'idle' system is referred to as a 'zombie.' This term is used in two contexts: (1) a zombie is a compromised machine that has been secretly enslaved into a botnet to carry out attacks on behalf of an attacker, and (2) in the context of idle scanning (a…

Submitted by wei.xz· Apr 18, 2026Malware Forensics

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APC not connected to the Internet
BPC not being used
CZombie
DBot

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In cybersecurity, an 'idle' system is referred to as a 'zombie.' This term is used in two contexts: (1) a zombie is a compromised machine that has been secretly enslaved into a botnet to carry out attacks on behalf of an attacker, and (2) in the context of idle scanning (a stealthy port scanning technique), an idle/zombie host is one with predictable IP ID sequences that an attacker exploits to perform anonymous scans. A 'bot' (D) is closely related but refers to the malicious software running on the zombie, not the host itself.

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#Malware#Botnet#Compromised Systems#Cybersecurity Terminology

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