botnet

Last year’s takedown of the Grum botnet was one the most fascinating ones so far, as it triggered a quick response from the botherders who tried to derail law …

A fascinating but technically illegal experiment conducted by an anonymous researcher has witnessed over 420,000 Internet-connected devices being roped into a botnet that …

Web traffic analytics firm spider.io has discovered a massive botnet that emulates human visitors in order to earn its master(s) over $6 million per month from online …

Even when they have other capabilities, botnets are primarily used to send out malicious messages, since that is the easiest – not to mention the least risky – way …

At Seculert, when we analyze a targeted attack, we are trying to help our customers understand the intention of the attackers, as we look how the attack evolves over time. In …

At RSA Conference 2013 Kindsight announced the Kindsight Botnet Security service to help Internet service providers detect botnet activity in the network and protect …

Check Point uncovered the major security risks and threats that impact organizations worldwide. Their new report examines the leading security threats, the risky web …

Botnets are flourishing with new packaging, new methods and new business models. ZeroAccess, the world’s fastest-growing botnet, infected millions of computers in 2012, …

Kindsight released a new report that reveals security threats to home and mobile networks, including a small decline in home network infections and an increase in mobile …

Symantec and Microsoft have teamed up to take down the Bamital botnet, and are currently in the process of warning users infected with the Trojan on how to remove it from …

Business is thriving for exploits, mobile malware is still dominated by Android and Symbian, and botnets are back and retooled, according to a new threat report from F-Secure …

Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it’s still going strong. The main reason for its …