Security researchers are warning about RondoDox, a noisy new botnet targeting dozens of vulnerabilities in more than 30 ...

There is a new kid in town in the world of botnets – isn’t there always? A heavyweight spamming botnet known as Festi has only been tracked by researchers with Message Labs Intelligence since August, ...

DVRs, CCTV systems, web servers … time to run for cover A new RondoDox botnet campaign uses an "exploit shotgun" - fire at ...

WASHINGTON – More than 1 million computers – possibly yours, too – are used by hackers as remote-controlled robots to crash online systems, accept spam and steal users’ personal information, the FBI ...

RondoDox botnet takes a ‘shotgun’ approach to hacking devices, packing 50 exploits targeting routers, servers, cameras, and other products.

As artificial intelligence makes its way into everything from search engines to smart fridges, cybercriminals are capitalizing on the same tech to supercharge their attacks. Botnets, once seen as ...

The perpetual proliferation of botnets is hardly surprising when one considers just how easy it is for the bad guys to hijack computers without tipping off the users. Slideshow: 10 of the Worst ...

The “Qakbot” botnet, a network of infected computers used by hackers to attack governments and businesses around the world, has been dismantled and destroyed. So claims United States Federal Bureau of ...

Malware writers are increasingly considering the Tor anonymity network as an option for hiding the real location of their command-and-control (C&C) servers, according to researchers from security firm ...

Maybe I have too much free time, but I was thinking that it is possible to use botnets for good. In a recent Ars article it said that one Russian group may have a botnet of 10,000,000 computers, that ...

A Brazilian man has been charged for trying to rent out a botnet that would be used to send spam, U.S. authorities said Thursday. Leni de Abreu Neto, 35, of Taubate, Brazil, was charged with one count ...