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Visa pilots enumeration attack prevention requirement in Australia
E-commerce payment providers must put in systems by October 2022.
Dec 15 2021 12:50AM
Court orders seizure of 'Trickbot' ransomware botnet controls
Takedown achieved using copyright law.
Oct 13 2020 9:08AM
'Necurs' spam and malware botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Prolific Russian digital criminals lose control over their infrastructure.
Mar 11 2020 12:31PM
Russian accused of operating Kelihos botnet extradited to US
Denies charges.
Feb 5 2018 6:15AM
Three men plead guilty to crimes tied to Mirai attacks
Allegedly started DoS campaign over grudges.
Dec 14 2017 6:19AM
New Mirai copycat IoT botnet spreading
Code being actively modified.
Oct 23 2017 6:55AM
Tech giants take out big Android DDoS botnet
Google removes hundreds of infected Play Store apps.
Aug 29 2017 6:40AM
Botnet builder gets almost four years in prison
Earnt millions from Linux malware.
Aug 4 2017 11:34AM
US charges Russian with operating Kelihos spam botnet
Seeking his extradition.
Apr 24 2017 6:05AM
Necurs botnet swaps Locky for pump'n'dump scams
Picks up financial fraud spam.
Mar 24 2017 2:27PM
Citadel malware writer 'Kolypto' charged
Original developer still on the run.
Mar 17 2017 6:29AM
Police arrest bot herder behind attack on millions of routers
Faces up to a decade in prison if found guilty.
Feb 24 2017 9:35AM
Deutsche Telekom Mirai attack part of wider global onslaught
Other organisations likely targeted.
Nov 30 2016 10:28AM
Mirai botnet attacks 900,000 German broadband routers
Malware attempts to infect routers via remote management feature.
Nov 29 2016 9:00AM
Is the internet of things the new DDoS attack weapon?
[Blog post] Leveraging IoT devices for botnets.
Sep 27 2016 3:00PM
International police bring down Beebone botnet
FBI siezes 100 domains.
Apr 10 2015 5:41PM
Obama unveils proposed cybersecurity laws
Wants to criminalise sale of botnets, stolen financial data.
Jan 14 2015 9:59AM
ACMA creates self-service portal for malware diagnosis
Botnet cleaning made somewhat simpler for ISPs, network operators.
Nov 28 2014 6:59AM
First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks
Wopbot on the rampage.
Sep 26 2014 7:18AM
Zeus variant uses encryption to evade detection
The game isn’t over.
Jul 1 2014 1:16PM
