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What's a Botnet, and How Do They Work?

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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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