Security experts contend that a growing number of operators of compromised computer networks (or “botnets”) are finding new ways to grow their networks and make them immune to potential shutdowns, ...

Security experts say botnets are increasingly becoming more difficult to trace as criminal hackers have developed clever means to hide them. Botnets are networks of computers infected with code that ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have published an urgent advisory about the Androxgh0st botnet, which is being used to steal cloud ...

The FBI has dismantled a massive network of compromised devices that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have used for four years to mount attacks on government agencies, telecoms, defense contractors, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The DOJ alleges the botnet infected more than 19 million IP addresses worldwide. The DOJ alleges the botnet ...

Federal law enforcement officials have disrupted the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware, a malicious computer code used by cybercriminals to commit ransomware, financial fraud, and other ...

OREGON, USA — An Oregon man has been charged with developing and administrating a massive botnet that conducted large-scale cyberattacks against victims in more than 80 countries since 2021, including ...

Tens of thousands of ‘botnet’ computers and devices, ‘cleaned and released’ by FBI have now been hacked into, and could be used as cyber weapons targeting the digital infrastructure of nations, ...

A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors also ...

A large-scale botnet is targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services in the United States from more than 100,000 IP addresses. The campaign started on October 8 and based on the source of the IPs, ...