Google has taken action to disrupt a botnet that's infected 1 million devices, the company announced via blog post on Tuesday. Google also announced a lawsuit targeting the botnet's alleged operators.

Computer-security analysts have long since learned to hate “botnets”: clusters of computers, infected with worms or Trojan-horse programs, that are taken over by outside users. After all, botnets can ...

Despite being the subject of an international takedown operation last year, traces of the Andromeda botnet can still be found on many PCs. The Andromeda botnet was associated with 80 different malware ...

Botnets are networks of computers taken hostage by malware that controls them and makes them send spam and act in other nefarious ways. They’re growing in size, number and impact. A botnet may be ...

A Monero-mining botnet targeting Redis and OrientDB servers has infected nearly 4,400 servers and has mined over $925,000 worth of Monero since March 2017. The botnet —named DDG based on one of its ...

The big picture: The TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi router is once again being targeted by cyber-criminals trying to build an army of bots with DDoS capabilities. But Condi isn't just another ...

A malware author has built a huge botnet comprised of over 18,000 routers in the span of only one day. The botnet has been built by exploiting a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers, tracked as ...

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 ...

BBC News reported the development on Aug. 27. According to the police, the botnet was distributed by sending virus-laden emails with offers for erotic pictures or fast cash, and further propogated ...

One of the largest botnets ever is gone, as an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department shut down the 911 S5 botnet. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers ...

Two botnet gangs are fighting to take control over as many unsecured Android devices as they can to use their resources and mine cryptocurrency behind owners' backs. The turf war between these two ...

How do Trojan viruses infect your computer? Where does spam come from? How do hackers gain control over your computer? Often times, the answer is via botnet. A botnet is nothing more than a small ...