Google says it disrupted the NetNut botnet by disabling malware command-and-control accounts, reducing the botnet by millions ...

Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code. “This month’s MSRT ...

The code, which uses JavaScript to turn any Web browser into a hacker's tool, was created as a demonstration of how JavaScript can be used to dodge security measures Software that could be used to ...

Google, the FBI and the IRS Criminal Investigation division disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy network built on two million hijacked devices and used by 316 threat clusters in a single week.

A dangerous Trojan that targets Google’s Android mobile operating system has gained new nefarious capabilities even as a new banking malware takes aim at the OS, according to security researchers.

A Chinese-controlled botnet of tens of thousands of unpatched internet-connected firewalls, network attached storage devices, internet-connected surveillance cameras, and small office/home office ...

Kenneth Currin Schuchman, 21, who authorities charged with co-creating the massive Satori botnet that was used to wage several large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks, pleaded guilty Tuesday ...

Over the past few years, botnets have become an exceptionally egregious security issue for businesses and home computer users alike. While home PCs are the most desirable targets for recruitment into ...

Software that could be used to turn a Web browser into an unwitting hacker’s tool has been posted to the Internet, after it was downloaded by a quick-thinking attendee at last month’s Shmoocon hacker ...

The botnet created by a teenager who was arrested by Dutch police in a sting operation is most notable for its total reliance on social engineering to spread, computer security experts said Thursday.

One of two Texans accused of creating a 22,000-strong botnet has agreed to plead guilty to selling the botnet's services to cybercriminals. The other half of the duo thinks he'll get a better deal at ...