On October 30th, Cloudfare data identified a strange website that briefly surpassed Google as the most popular website ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Defender for IoT researchers discovered malicious downloads that affect Windows and Linux devices. These downloads, among other propagation methods, ensnare local devices ...

A new version of the Miori botnet added protection to the login panel of its command and control server, hanging a "not welcome" message for connections likely coming from a security researcher. Until ...

Thanks to a poor initial launch followed a few months later by the Heartbleed scare, Healthcare.gov has had its share of security problems. Now, we can add one more security snafu to the list. In ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Rustock botnet has been nearly halved in size and ...

Since the source code for the Pony Botnet Controller was leaked, Trustwave's SpiderLabs has been tracking the beast with much fascination. Interest turned to stunned surprise when the researchers ...

For the second time in less than a year, Microsoft has helped bust a botnet. On Friday, U.S. Marshals, together with representatives from Microsoft and two financial industry associations, seized Zeus ...

The operators of a gaming server rental business are believed to have built an IoT DDoS botnet, which they are now offering as part of the server rental scheme. The prime and pretty obvious clue that ...

When hackers corral infected computers into a botnet, they take special care to ensure they don’t lose control of the server that sends commands and updates to the compromised devices. The precautions ...

Security researchers from German antivirus vendor G Data Software have identified a botnet that is controlled by attackers from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server running as a hidden service inside ...

An Eastern European command-and-control server for a botnet that targets UK banking customers and businesses has been taken down, according to a senior Metropolitan Police source. The server, which ...

Akamai Security Research announced on Wednesday it has uncovered a new botnet attacking the Linux servers of telecom and education providers in Asia, Europe and the Americas. The botnet and ...