What's a Botnet, and How Do They Work?
Episode 44 · August 17th, 2018 · 27 mins 1 sec
About this Episode
We mention the term "botnet" from time to time, but what exactly is a botnet? How does it work? Is it self-aware? Can botnets be taken down? We look into this, and discuss the week's security news.
- Fire & Ice: Making and Breaking macOS Firewalls
- 'Synthetic Click' attack re-emerges in macOS High Sierra at Defcon
- Fax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure
- Intego exclusive: HP Leaves Mac Users Vulnerable to Fax Hacks
- HP Ink Printers Remote Code Execution
- Denial-of-service attack (Wikipedia)
- Steganography (Wikipedia)
- Homeland, Episode 9 recap (contains spoilers)
- iWorm Botnet Uses Reddit and Command and Control Center
- Flashback Botnet is Adrift
- Why the Flashback Botnet is a Threat
- Viruses, Worms and Spyware--Yikes! A Look at Malware Terminology
- Intego Security Memo: Trojan Horse OSX/Koobface.A Affects Mac OS X Mac – Koobface Variant Spreads via Facebook, Twitter and More
- Should You Worry About People Hacking Toilets?
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