botherder

plural botherders

1. Internetcomputer securityA malicious hacker who controls a botnet.

   Most bots use a central C&C server for communicating with their botherder, and normally they use the standard IRC protocol for that purpose.

   2009, John Hoopes, Virtualization for security

   1 more example

   After securing the computer against antivirus tools, previous hackers, and detection by the user, the botherder might check to see what else might be here.

   2007, Larry Chaffin, Craig Schiller, Anton Chuvakin, Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis

   Synonyms: botmaster