Botnet controlled by Russian military intelligence disrupted by the United States, which removed GRU control of thousands of infected devices
INTERVIEW: Mark James, IT cyber security specialist at ESET, discusses cyber threat trends with Silicon at Infosecurity 2017
The move comes amidst rapidly increasing exploitation of connected devices by criminals
Botnets hop on high-speed city infrastructure to fire malware, spam and other threats across the Internet
Cyber criminals are using the Kelihos botnet to extort Bitcoin payments out of the ransomware's victims
A major botnet has mysteriously disappeared in recent days, killing off two large-scale malware campaigns
Botnet controllers are increasingly taking advantage of the convenience of cloud infrastructure for launching attacks, Level 3 has found
32 percent of known botnet C&C servers are hosted in Britain says Trend Micro, which warns of ongoing Windows XP…
Researchers use free Cloud accounts to create a botnet, rather than hijacking computer resources from innocent victims
Microsoft and its partners have successfully disrupted the Sirefef botnet, also known as ZeroAcces
One of the biggest botnets in the world sees half a million bots made inactive as law enforcement takes an…
Asian espionage networks have compromised government and corporate systems worldwide, researchers warn
Microsoft has freed more than 1.2 million PCs from the control of the Citadel botnet and its criminal masters
Botnets are adopting the use of peer-to-peer communications to hamper takedown efforts by the industry
Researchers fuming after Microsoft botnet takedown ruins their own anti-cyber crime operations
Botnet takes a kicking but some think it will amount to just a chink in the fortress that is Citadel
The Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer explosion are being used by two large botnets
Microsoft and Symantec have struck a blow at cyber criminals after taking down their command and control servers
Waledac makes a comeback by piggybacking on top of a virulent buddy
A US federal court has granted Microsoft permission to continue to control two major Zeus botnets for the next two…
A bank-theft botnet by the name of Gameover has infected 675,000 systems, many at Fortune 500 companies
TechWeekEurope investigates the DDoS market, looking at how the dealers make their money, who's buying and what can be done…
Trusteer researchers are warning that some ransomware is now posing as from the US Department Of Justice
A few Zeus botnets reportedly remain active despite Microsoft closing down the bulk of them last month
A real-time feed from Microsoft's database of intelligence on botnets is being tested to help co-ordinate efforts to bring the…
Clues and details about the Cutwail botnet and its creator have been discovered in chat logs by Russian authorities
Criminals are not replacing botnets but are instead turning to more targeted attacks, researchers warn
Microsoft continues to wage war with botnets after gaining a court order to take down Kelihos
Hackers are increasingly using DIY crimeware kits to push out malicious botnets but SpyEye dominates
Microsoft forensic experts have uncovered 400,000 email addresses from seized Rustock servers