Security Industry Hackers behind Mirai botnet switch sides and join FBI to avoid prison time The US Government are rehabilitating young hackers as cyber defense experts By Isaiah Mayersen, September 22, 2018, 10:25 AM 18 comments
Security FBI seizes domain used by Russian hackers to infect 500,000 routers It's thought an attack on the Ukraine is being planned By Rob Thubron, May 24, 2018, 6:07 AM 9 comments
Security Software Cryptocurrency mining botnet spreads to over 5000 Android devices in 24 hours The malware mines Monero and targets Android phones and TV receivers By William Gayde, February 7, 2018, 8:42 AM
Security Researchers discover new variety of Mirai botnet that targets ARC-based IoT devices Mirai took down huge chunks of the internet in 2016 By Rob Thubron, January 17, 2018, 8:01 AM
Security The Web Student who created Mirai botnet pleads guilty Botnet was used for DDoS attacks, ad click fraud and extortion By William Gayde, December 13, 2017, 3:52 PM
Security The Web Researchers warn of new botnet that could take down the internet The Reaper botnet is far more dangerous than Mirai, which took down Twitter, Netflix, and Reddit By William Gayde, October 21, 2017, 12:08 AM 12 comments
Security Google yanks 300 apps from Play Store used by the WireX botnet Remote removal from devices will follow By Cal Jeffrey, August 29, 2017, 4:45 PM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: James Webb telescope complete, $4 RasPi Zero rival, free shipping is a lie By Matthew DeCarlo, November 6, 2016, 12:00 PM
Security Source code of DDoS botnet responsible for Krebs on Security attack posted online By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2016, 9:30 AM
News Around the Web Weekend tech: PS3 Linux suit settled, G2A on grey market games, Opera beats Edge in battery? By Matthew DeCarlo, June 26, 2016, 10:00 AM 9 comments
The Web Security This botnet has infected nearly a million devices since 2014 By Shawn Knight, May 16, 2016, 6:00 PM 8 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech: Warcraft Movie vs WoW, Doom first impressions, Save Firefox By Matthew DeCarlo, May 15, 2016, 10:45 AM
Security Hackers responsible for SpyEye botnet toolkit sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison By Shawn Knight, April 22, 2016, 10:15 AM 7 comments
Security Microsoft Microsoft, global law enforcement agencies disrupt Dorkbot botnet By Shawn Knight, December 4, 2015, 6:45 PM
Security Industry Interpol-led operation takes down the botnet that infected over 770K PCs By Justin Kahn, April 15, 2015, 5:30 PM
Security The Web Thousands of Macs have been infected with Reddit controlled botnet malware By Justin Kahn, October 3, 2014, 3:00 PM 15 comments
Security Facebook helped shut down 'Lecpetex' botnet responsible for turning PCs into Litecoin miners By Shawn Knight, July 9, 2014, 4:45 PM
The Web Security Governments disrupt financial botnet Gameover Zeus and malicious software Cryptolocker By Himanshu Arora, June 3, 2014, 8:45 AM
Security Symantec grapples with one of the largest botnets in history By Shawn Knight, October 1, 2013, 6:30 PM 13 comments
Security Microsoft Microsoft liberates 2 million PCs from malicious Citadel botnets By David Tom, June 19, 2013, 7:30 AM 13 comments
Microsoft Microsoft and FBI take down Citadel botnet responsible for stealing $500 million By Jesse Schoff, June 6, 2013, 3:30 PM
Security The Web Bitcoin-mining trojan spreading through Skype spam, Kaspersky warns By Matthew DeCarlo, April 8, 2013, 6:30 PM 14 comments
The Web Security Chameleon clickfraud botnet costs advertisers $6 million a month By Matthew DeCarlo, March 20, 2013, 1:00 PM
Security The Web Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet By Matthew DeCarlo, February 7, 2013, 4:30 PM
Security Android botnet turns infected handsets into SMS spam generators By Shawn Knight, December 20, 2012, 7:30 AM 7 comments