Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics.

The botnet consisted of 260,000 various internet-connected devices that were used to gather intelligence on critical US infrastructure, government operations, academics, and more. Notably, the botnet ...

Ebury, one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns, has been active for 15 years but its use by threat actors is still growing, according to cybersecurity firm ESET. A new report published ...

The malware’s unique blockchain-enabled backup C2 scheme makes it difficult to eliminate completely. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has disrupted the blockchain-enabled botnet known as Glupteba, ...

Continuing its legal assault on botnet operators and the hosting companies that the criminals use for their activities, Microsoft has announced new actions against a group of people it contends are ...

Google has announced, via an official blog post, that it won a lawsuit against Glupteba botnet operators. The Court issued monetary sanctions to Glupteba botnet operators, after ruling in Google’s ...

Google announced today that it has taken action to disrupt the Glupteba botnet that now controls more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world, growing by thousands of new infected devices each day ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Black Hat USA 2010 -- If you're thinking about a life of cybercrime, then building a botnet might be the best place to start, a security researcher said here last week. Click here ...

Security researchers say they have observed what they believe is a takedown of the notorious Mozi botnet that infiltrated more than a million Internet of Things devices worldwide. In research shared ...

An update of the Conficker worm that appeared on PCs last week will likely help its makers do what all botnet operators strive to do — make money. Kevin Hogan, director of security response operations ...

The criminal charged with running the notorious Bredolab botnet will spend the next four years behind bars. An Armenian court on Tuesday (May 22) sentenced Georg Avanesov, 27, on computer sabotage ...

Google LLC today revealed it has disrupted the operations of a large Russian botnet and filed a lawsuit against the operators of the network. The Glupteba botnet and related malware has been around ...