{"id":81703,"date":"2018-08-17T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=81703"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T02:46:44","slug":"whats-a-botnet-and-how-do-they-work-intego-mac-podcast-episode-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/whats-a-botnet-and-how-do-they-work-intego-mac-podcast-episode-44\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s a botnet, and how do they work? – Intego Mac Podcast, Episode 44"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Intego Mac Podcast episode 44<\/a> is now available!<\/p>\n

Hosts Kirk and Josh\u00a0mention 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? On this week’s Intego Mac Podcast, they discuss how botnets\u00a0work and why\u00a0they\u00a0are a threat.<\/p>\n

Additionally, they also cover the week’s most important security news\u00a0\u2014 from malicious fax machine hacks to a “synthetic click” attack in macOS High Sierra.<\/p>\n

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Want your question aired in our next episode of the Intego Mac Podcast? Listeners can contact Intego<\/a> via email at podcast@intego.com and ask us any question that your burning heart desires, or to provide feedback and ideas for upcoming podcast episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Intego Mac Podcast episode 44 is now available! Hosts Kirk and Josh\u00a0mention 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? On this week’s Intego Mac Podcast, they discuss how botnets\u00a0work and why\u00a0they\u00a0are a threat. Additionally, they also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4390],"tags":[3715],"class_list":["post-81703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-intego-mac-security-podcast","tag-intego-mac-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t