Sometimes, those of us in the computer biz get so wrapped up in the techie details that we forget that many people don’t know what we think are the basics. For example, a really smart, computer-savvy ...

Dubbed Aisuru, the botnet is part of a new class of DDoS-capable malware, referred to as TurboMirai. The threats are ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Defender for IoT researchers discovered malicious downloads that affect Windows and Linux devices. These downloads, among other propagation methods, ensnare local devices ...

Experts tracking Aisuru say the botnet relies on well more than a hundred control servers, and that for the moment at least ...

Botnets exploit PHP flaws and cloud misconfigurations, launching 20 Tbps DDoS and large-scale credential attacks.

The U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, says it has taken down a large botnet and arrested its administrator, YunHe Wang. The botnet, called 911 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today said they arrested the alleged operator of 911 S5, a ten-year-old online anonymity service that was powered by what the director of the FBI called “likely ...

ChatGPT may well revolutionize web search, streamline office chores, and remake education, but the smooth-talking chatbot has also found work as a social media crypto huckster. Researchers at Indiana ...

Google has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a what is believed to be the largest smart TV botnet in the world — BadBox 2.0. The company said in its complaint that this China-based botnet had ...

They all appear to be mindlessly retweeting nonsense.

In what stands to be a major cybersecurity win for US law enforcement, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Yunhe Wan — a 35-year-old Chinese national accused of perpetrating what the FBI ...