Mystery hacker hijacks Dridex Trojan botnet... to serve antivirus installer Ah, great. Ave AV Security04 Feb 2016 | 14
Microsoft: We’ve taken down the botnets. Europol: Would Sir like a kill switch, too? It's like pulling a smoking car off the road ... hang on Security19 Jan 2016 | 102
Security sweep firm links botnet infestation and file sharing Updated Public sector apparently suffers most from idle P2Pers Security21 Dec 2015 | 9
Ponmocup is the '15 million' machine botnet you've never heard of Botconf Skilled VXers have built 25 plugins, made 4000 variants, say crack security team Security03 Dec 2015 | 10
Conficker, back from the undead, dominates malware threat landscape Look out, ransomware is coming up on the rails Security01 Dec 2015 | 2
Shopping mall CCTV gear commandeered to blast websites offline Robot zombies found lurking around stores Security22 Oct 2015 | 18
Infosec workers swipe Q-tip across 'net: Ew, there's Dridex on it Zombie botnet found in sample despite server takedown Security20 Oct 2015 | 4
FBI takes down Dridex botnet, seizes servers, arrests suspect C&C malware factory Security14 Oct 2015 | 7
Alleged Ukrainian botnet herder faces 43 years after Italian job snafu Hacker fingered for heroin stunt takes the stand Security13 Oct 2015 | 3
Russian hacker, nabbed in Spain, cops 4+ years for Citadel botnet Should have stayed under the skirt of Mother Russia. Just a thought Security30 Sep 2015 | 10
Linux-powered botnet lets rip on victims with 180Gbps network floods Enormous network of hijacked zombie servers threatens to batter everything in its path Security29 Sep 2015 | 71
Chinese ad firm pwns Android users, creates hijackable global botnet Horrid marketing outfit roots user phones, exposes devices to malware hell Security23 Sep 2015 | 41
Anti-botnet initiatives USELESS in sea of patch-hating pirates A million low end, pirate boxes still spewing malware relic. Channel18 Aug 2015 | 22
Bunitu botnet crooks sell your unencrypted VPN traffic for £££ Unknowing proxies help zombie army lurch forward Security11 Aug 2015 | 3
Cyber-security's dirty little secret: It's not as bad as you think According to 'research' using 'relatively poor data' Security18 Jul 2015 | 23
US is the world's botnet mothership, says Level 3 Not the way you want to lead the globe Channel22 Jun 2015 | 14
MS scolds businesses for failing to eradicate 7-year-old malware Cutpurses, blackguards and scofflaws thrive due to medieval patching Channel04 Jun 2015 | 12
Chinese cyber-spies hid botnet controls in MS TechNet comments Online spooks hide 'numbers station’ control node in plain sight Security14 May 2015 | 20
Home routers co-opted into self-sustaining DDoS botnet Resulting mess will be hellishly difficult to clear up, say researchers Security13 May 2015 | 36
Banking trojan scourge gallops on, despite more fences RSA 2015 New threats evolved in 2014, mainly aimed at the US Security23 Apr 2015 |
Backdoor bot brains snatched after cops, white hats raid servers Password-stealing, malware-spreading Simda nasty found on 770,000 PCs Systems13 Apr 2015 | 9
Cisco and Level 3 team up to squash brute force server hijackers #DownWithSSHPsychos Security10 Apr 2015 | 9
Cybercrime taskforce collects huge botnet scalp on first go Beebone deboned by the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce Security10 Apr 2015 | 7
Europol shuts down darn RAMNIT botnet Cops analysing command and control server ... in Hampshire Security25 Feb 2015 | 11
Red or alive, you're coming with me: Feds offer $3m reward for 'CryptoLocker baron' Evgeniy Bogachev accused of GameOver ZeuS botnet crimes Legal25 Feb 2015 | 9
We take bots down, but they get up again – you're never going to keep them down Dell analysis shows ZeroAccess botnet still slinging out Channel30 Jan 2015 | 12
Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets Crimeware-as-a-Service Channel27 Dec 2014 | 4
Elderly zombie Asprox botnet STILL mauling biz bods, says survey Unkillable nasty still climbs out of the grave to this day Security11 Dec 2014 |
'Most advanced mobile botnet EVER' is coming for your OFFICE Androids NotCompatible Security19 Nov 2014 | 13
Hackers use DRAFT emails as dead-drops for running malware Python bite opens doors to get into Gmail, Yahoo! accounts Security06 Nov 2014 | 10
MAC BOTNET uses REDDIT comments for directions 17,000 Macs compromised by malicious miscreants Security03 Oct 2014 | 28
Bad boy builds beastly Bash bug botnet, boxen battered DDoS zombie army found in the wild hours after flaw surfaces Security26 Sep 2014 | 17
Russian botnet suspects cuffed over romantic MMS spyware allegs Avast! Belay that 'RomanticVK' order - there be MONSTERS Security19 Sep 2014 | 4
Show Mother Russia you love her: Click HERE and AHHH NYET! That Kelhios badness is infecting you - securobods Security26 Aug 2014 | 7
Insert coin to continue: GameOver ZeuS zombie MUTATES, shuffles back to its feet You! Back from the undead again? Security15 Aug 2014 | 9
Boffins build FREE SUPERCOMPUTER from free cloud server trials Who cares about T&Cs when there's LIteCoin to mint? Security25 Jul 2014 | 10
Gameover ZeuS botnet pulls dripping stake from heart, staggers back from the UNDEAD Zombies twitch, lurch to feet after FBI takedown Security14 Jul 2014 | 5
FBI and pals grab banking Trojan zombielord's joystick 'Shylock' mostly spread through LEGIT websites Security11 Jul 2014 | 6
Brute-force bot busts shonky PoS passwords RAM scrapers foisted on 60 terminals Security10 Jul 2014 | 3
ATTACK of the Windows ZOMBIES on point-of-sale terminals Infosec bods infiltrate botnet, uncover crap password security Security09 Jul 2014 | 14
Facebook scuttles 250k-strong crypto-currency botnet As noose tightens, VXer pleades: 'Stop breaking my ballz' Security09 Jul 2014 | 3
Cybercrooks breed SELF-CLONING MUTANT that STEALS your BANK DETAILS Fresh Cridex variant plays merry hell via email Security02 Jul 2014 | 9
Got a botnet? Thinking of using it to mine Bitcoin? Don't bother McAfee says crooks will be better off sticking to spam and DDoS Security24 Jun 2014 | 15
Swiping your card at local greengrocers? Miscreants will swipe YOU in a minute Keylogging botnet Nemanja is coming to a small biz near you Security27 May 2014 | 21
Boffins pen 'Guide to better spamming' Small, widely-dispersed botnets ought to do the trick Security02 May 2014 | 8
Dimwit hackers use security camera DVRs as SUPER-SLOW Bitcoin-mining rig 'Seriously, this is just wasting electricity' huffs securo boffin Security02 Apr 2014 | 35
When ZOMBIES attack: DDoS traffic triples as 20Gbps becomes the new normal Junk traffic mostly floods in from botnets Security27 Mar 2014 | 6
Cybercrook? Bent on mischief? WE'LL GET YOU, vow Facebook and pals Secure Domain Foundation will pull rug from under web miscreants Security25 Mar 2014 | 11
Hidden 'Windigo' UNIX ZOMBIES are EVERYWHERE Check and wipe: The la-la-la-it's-not-happening plan is no good Security18 Mar 2014 | 111
MUM's WordPress recipe blog USED AS ZOMBIE in DDoS attacks Well, it's statistically reasonably likely. Just update to 3.8.1, OK? Security12 Mar 2014 | 13
Botnet masters using Tor to hide control tools for ZOMBIE SLAVES Bet you're shocked to hear that, aren't you? Security06 Mar 2014 | 5
Crap hospital databases next goldmine for cyber-crooks, say Microsoft's botnet slayers RSA 2014 Your medical files are worth big bucks to fraudsters Channel28 Feb 2014 | 16
Botnet PC armies gulp down 16 MILLION logins from around the web: Find out if you're a victim Scheiße! Überprüfen Sie Ihre Angaben in neuen Datenbank Security22 Jan 2014 | 19
Slovenian jailed for creating code behind 12 MILLION strong 'Mariposa' botnet army Butterfly flapped its wings and caused internet hurricane Security03 Jan 2014 | 13
Android nasty sends your texts to CHINA Best hope you weren't messaging your bank manager Security17 Dec 2013 | 16
Bogus Firefox add-on FORCES WITLESS USERS to join vuln-hunting party Install fake Microsoft extra, become SQL-squirting zombie Security17 Dec 2013 | 11
Microsoft teams up with Feds, Europol in ZeroAccess botnet zombie hunt Just don't bork our crim-busting honeypots again Security06 Dec 2013 | 9
Must try HARDER, infosec lads: We're RUBBISH at killing ZOMBIES Botnet decap should be a team effort – ex-detective infosec bod Security04 Dec 2013 | 16
Biz bods, politicos, beware: 'BOTS are on the loose, and they're coming for YOU UK, US, Canada and India all report Mevade infections Security25 Oct 2013 | 5
Telstra to DNS-block botnet C&Cs with unknown blacklist What could possibly go wrong other than a C&C net sharing your colo barn's IP address? Security18 Sep 2013 | 12