Momentum is building in the fight against botnets, as network operators and law enforcement ramp up crackdowns on botnet infrastructure, malware, and bulletproof hosting providers. While major ...

The GoBruteforcer botnet is exploiting weak passwords on exposed servers to hunt crypto wallets and expand a growing malware network.

Cyberattacks launched or controlled via botnet are nothing new, but they are on the rise and pose an ever-growing threat. A recent Russian botnet masquerading as a proxy service compromised millions ...

Bad bots are big – and getting bigger. There was a 37% increase in botnet command-and-control (C&C) listings in 2017, with the majority (68%) of them being hosted on servers run by threat actors.

If you notice less spam in your e-mail inbox today, you can thank a coalition of cybersecurity researchers who have made it their mission to sew up spam-based “botnets” on the Web. The reporter and ...

Cryptocurrency and blockchain project databases with weak credentials and AI-generated are being hacked through deployment patterns picked up by botnets, according to new research from Check Point. A ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at how to build risk management policies to protect your critical digital assets. Read now Microsoft ...

Hosting providers around the world are seeing a massive increase in brute force attacks against WordPress and Joomla sites. Attackers are looking to gain access to and compromise accounts, but failing ...

Google is suing two Russian individuals it claims are behind a sophisticated botnet operation that has silently infiltrated more than 1 million Windows machines worldwide. In a complaint filed in the ...

About 6.7 million bots joined the global botnet in 2016, and Europe made up nearly one-fifth of the world’s total bot population, a report has revealed. London, Manchester and Maidenhead are the UK’s ...

A new botnet has entered the threat landscape that researchers say "puts to shame" others on the scene, such as Mirai and Qbot. On Wednesday, researchers from cybersecurity firm Bitdefender said the ...