New Zealand Police this week swooped on an alleged botnet ringleader in New Zealand, who the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claim had illegal control over one million computers. The swoop is ...

Law enforcement authorities today announced the arrest of three men accused of using a million-strong botnet of hijacked computers for spam-related crime. The FBI said its "Operation Bot Roast" ...

Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the platform until it’s resolved. A sophisticated botnet of more than ...

Cyber security is pretty serious stuff. Malware can be hard to detect, and even harder to get rid of. The control some malware can have over your devices and potentially your life can be absolutely ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Researchers at Finjan have uncovered a massive botnet ...

The cybercriminals behind the crypto mining Stantinko botnet have devised some ingenious methods to evade detection. Malware analyst Vladislav Hrčka from cybersecurity firm ESET sounded almost ...

Are these 'password spray' attacks difficult to spot? Wouldn't the signals be quite apparent, i.e. a marked increase in incorrect login attempts to a company's accounts from new IP addresses even if ...