botherder

bot +‎ herder

botherder (plural botherders)

1. (Internet, computer security) A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
   • 2007, Larry Chaffin, Craig Schiller, Anton Chuvakin, Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis:

     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.

   • 2009, John Hoopes, Virtualization for security:

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

• botmaster

• brothered