botnet

Microsoft thwarts Nitol botnet with restraining order

Microsoft thwarts Nitol botnet with restraining order

Swipes domain.
Danielle Walker Sep 14 2012 10:32AM Security
Microsoft seizes Chinese botnet domain

Microsoft seizes Chinese botnet domain

Wins court injunction against alleged owners.
Juha Saarinen Sep 14 2012 4:45AM Security
Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Three-year-old botnet infects 300,000 addresses.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2012 12:30PM Security
Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet

Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet

Bots still active.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jul 19 2012 7:03AM Security
Researchers question Android spam botnet claims

Researchers question Android spam botnet claims

More proof needed.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jul 9 2012 11:59AM Security
Researchers question Android spam botnet

Researchers question Android spam botnet

More proof needed.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jul 9 2012 10:11AM Security
Android botnet pushes drug spam

Android botnet pushes drug spam

Spam sent from Yahoo!
Darren Pauli Jul 6 2012 9:59AM Security
Russian authorities arrest Carberp botmaster

Russian authorities arrest Carberp botmaster

A 22-year-old arrested in Russia.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jun 28 2012 5:00PM Security
Botnet take downs could disrupt police investigations

Botnet take downs could disrupt police investigations

Legal hurdles prevent open discussion.
Darren Pauli Jun 21 2012 4:57AM Security
Apple admits OS X not invulnerable to malware

Apple admits OS X not invulnerable to malware

Important "baby steps".
Dan Raywood Jun 18 2012 8:42AM Security
US unveils initiatives to fight botnets

US unveils initiatives to fight botnets

Industry Botnet Group spearheads work.
Greg Masters Jun 4 2012 10:53AM Security
Herpes bot master outed

Herpes bot master outed

Lax identity protection leads to downfall.
Darren Pauli May 24 2012 7:57PM Security
Jericho botnet hits financial web sites

Jericho botnet hits financial web sites

Targets passwords and login credentials used at 100 financial institutions.
SC Staff May 9 2012 7:08AM Security
South Africa to adopt Aussie iCode this year

South Africa to adopt Aussie iCode this year

Former IIA chief expands anti-botnet initiative.
Darren Pauli May 9 2012 7:00AM Security
South Africa deploys Aussie iCode

South Africa deploys Aussie iCode

Anti-botnet code up for review next month.
Darren Pauli May 8 2012 4:56PM Security
Botmaster offers fraud service for noobs

Botmaster offers fraud service for noobs

Includes live support and custom script injection.
Darren Pauli May 3 2012 2:30PM Security
Mac Flashback hijacked $10k a day: Symantec

Mac Flashback hijacked $10k a day: Symantec

Click-fraud scheme about the revenue.
Staff Writers May 2 2012 9:52AM Security
Girls hawk DDoS service on YouTube

Girls hawk DDoS service on YouTube

Big business pay hacker to take down rivals.
Darren Pauli Apr 26 2012 3:18PM Security
140000 Flashback-infected computers remain

140000 Flashback-infected computers remain

About 75 per cent of Macs freed from botnet slavery.
Dan Kaplan Apr 19 2012 6:49AM Security
33,000 Australian Macs are botnet slaves

33,000 Australian Macs are botnet slaves

So you thought you were safe?
Darren Pauli Apr 5 2012 3:44PM Security

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