Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A heatmap of a botnet displayed at Microsoft's Cybercrime Center (Reuters) One of the world’s biggest botnet networks, responsible ...

The Androxgh0st malware botnet is used for victim identification and exploitation in targeted networks, as well as credentials collection. Read the FBI/CISA's tips for protecting against this malware ...

The DOJ alleges the botnet infected more than 19 million IP addresses worldwide. The DOJ alleges the botnet infected more than 19 million IP addresses worldwide. is a senior policy reporter at The ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

In a case described by a Commerce Department official as something "ripped from a screenplay," 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang has been accused of operating an international botnet. This ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Volt Typhoon has begun to rebuild its "KV-Botnet" malware botnet after it was disrupted by law enforcement in January, according to researchers from ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently disrupted a network of hacked devices used by criminals in some of the largest online attacks yet seen. Now those devices have been hacked by someone new ...

A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The malware ...

In what stands to be a major cybersecurity win for US law enforcement, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Yunhe Wan — a 35-year-old Chinese national accused of perpetrating what the FBI ...