botnets

Microsoft criticised for heavy-handed No-IP domain seizure

Microsoft criticised for heavy-handed No-IP domain seizure

Update: Four million hosts down.
Juha Saarinen Jul 2 2014 5:31AM Security
The rise of the white hat vigilante

The rise of the white hat vigilante

Meet the renegades that strike out against the criminal underground.
Darren Pauli Sep 12 2013 6:00AM Security
Obad trojan spreads through Android botnets

Obad trojan spreads through Android botnets

Targets Russians.
Danielle Walker Sep 9 2013 6:00AM Security
Game of Memory could out bots online

Game of Memory could out bots online

Subtle differences in brain function too expensive for bot writers to apply.
Darren Pauli Jul 3 2013 5:51PM Security
Botnets 3.0: Global malware

Botnets 3.0: Global malware

Thanks to willing accomplices and easy-to-use technology, the threat from linked computers is expanding.
Karen Epper Hoffman Jul 3 2013 8:53AM Security
Microsoft, FBI crack Citadel botnets

Microsoft, FBI crack Citadel botnets

Australian law enforcement contributes to bust.
Jim Finkle Jun 6 2013 1:17PM Security
Microsoft offers CERTs, telcos real-time threat data

Microsoft offers CERTs, telcos real-time threat data

Intel on botnets and malware.
Dan Raywood May 31 2013 7:34AM Security
IIA softens approach on botnets

IIA softens approach on botnets

As code gains international acceptance.
James Hutchinson Apr 4 2012 6:30AM Telco/ISP
Chinese-built botnets full of bugs

Chinese-built botnets full of bugs

Botnets borrow code, and bugs too.
Darren Pauli Oct 6 2011 3:37PM Security
Botnets go search crazy

Botnets go search crazy

Hundreds of searches found to use paging parameter queries.
Dan Raywood Aug 17 2011 12:23PM Security
Humans replace machines in future botnets

Humans replace machines in future botnets

Human nodes outsmart conventional defences.
Darren Pauli Jul 19 2011 5:10PM Security
Analysis: Offensive action against botnets

Analysis: Offensive action against botnets

Does a botnet takedown set questionable precedents or is it a viable way to cleanse compromised computers?
David LaMacchia and Jamie Tomasello, Cloudmark May 20 2011 11:19AM Security
Botnets to 'hide in plain view' in 2011

Botnets to 'hide in plain view' in 2011

Botnets will hide within files rather than coming through nasty downloads.
Jennifer Scott Dec 8 2010 9:24AM Security
Iranian Cyber Arms shifts efforts toward malware, botnets

Iranian Cyber Arms shifts efforts toward malware, botnets

Twitter hackers building botnet.
Dan Kaplan Oct 26 2010 2:06PM Security
Botnets for hire at $10 an hour

Botnets for hire at $10 an hour

Security firm VeriSign finds control of attack systems is being dangerously
democratised.
Staff Writers May 25 2010 1:24PM Security
Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2010 1:27PM Security
Microsoft begins assault on Waledac botnet

Microsoft begins assault on Waledac botnet

Claims success in shutting down connections.
David Neal Feb 26 2010 6:40AM Networking
Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Cybercriminals learn lessons from McColo shutdown.
Dan Raywood Dec 9 2009 12:06PM Security
New blood rejuvenates botnet ranks

New blood rejuvenates botnet ranks

Emergence of networks boosts malware numbers.
Shaun Nichols Sep 30 2009 1:43PM Security
Standard offers best practices for ISPs to fight botnets

Standard offers best practices for ISPs to fight botnets

A group charged with developing and promoting internet standards has published a new draft standard calling for measures that internet service providers can use to defeat botnets.
Chuck Miller Sep 18 2009 9:54AM Security

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