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Botnets – the malware that makes you part of the problem [PODCAST]

Here’s Thursdays’s Security SOS Week podcast, right here #ICYMI.

In this episode: Unlike ransomware, which punches you straight in the digital face, “bots” or “zombies” work undercover in the background. Zombie malware quietly downloads instructions from cybercriminals on what to do next, such as grabbing passwords, stealing files, sending spam, and delivering malware.

Learn from Fraser Howard, one of the world’s leading anti-malware researchers, how to dezombify your world..

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