Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics.

Kimwolf botnet infected 1.8 million Android TV devices and issued 1.7 billion DDoS commands, using ENS to hide its control ...

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 ...

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

Researchers this week detailed a prototype system to identify and eradicate botnets in the wild. Georgia Tech’s BotSniffer uses network-based anomaly detection to identify botnet command and control ...

A security tool that identifies botnets and blocks attacks from these zombie networks is being made available by Trend Micro online in the software-as-a-service model. The Botnet Identification ...

Researchers at cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. are warning of a new Mirai botnet variant that’s being used to target vulnerabilities in AVTECH Cameras and Huawei HG523 routers. The variant ...

Internet service provider 3FN has been ordered out of business by a district court on advice and request of the Federal Trade Commission. It is accused of a variety of illegal activities. It’s been ...

A financial-fraud botnet built with the same malware kit used in the now-defunct Mariposa botnet remains active after arrests this month of two Eastern European men who allegedly ran it. Researchers ...

Although the shutdown of a California Web hosting company eradicated several prominent botnets last year, others have stepped up to fill the gaps, a security researcher said Friday. Srizbi, and to a ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Black Hat USA 2010 -- If you're thinking about a life of cybercrime, then building a botnet might be the best place to start, a security researcher said here last week. Click here ...

Internet service providers linked to the notorious Zeus botnet have been taken down, knocking out a third of the command-and-control servers that run the network of hacked machines. Two ISPs, named ...