We’ve seen this happen with Twitter, now it appears that botnet writers are using Google Groups newsgroups as a base for controlling infected PCs. Hackers need to be able to quickly and easily spread ...

Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders, storage devices, and routers, which was run by a Chinese ...

For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay ...

The sudden disappearance yesterday of a known command-and-control point for ZeuS botnets had security researchers appreciative — but wondering about the reason for the sudden takedown. Registered in ...

Security researchers report the largest known botnet has grown tenfold to 13.5 million devices, fueling a sustained 2Tbps DDoS attack on a betting sector target. The escalation underscores the rising ...

A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Qakbot ...

A fast-evolving botnet discovered earlier this year that initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as home routers and DVRs is now taking aim at NoSQL database servers. The Hide 'N Seek ...

SafeBreach researchers demonstrate how attackers can crash Windows domain controllers and build a botnet using unauthenticated RPC and LDAP vulnerabilities. At DEF CON 33, security researchers ...

A Chinese-controlled botnet of tens of thousands of unpatched internet-connected firewalls, network attached storage devices, internet-connected surveillance cameras, and small office/home office ...

The Department of Justice and FBI have taken down the Coreflood botnet. Not content with merely killing the servers controlling the network, they've decided to go one step further, sending a command ...