Security News

Russian hacker arrested in Spain for bot-herding not election-fiddling (The Register)
2017-04-24 08:02

Twitter has a spam bot problem and it's getting worse (ZDNet)
2017-04-23 18:03

20,000-bots-strong Sathurbot botnet grows by compromising WordPress sites (Help Net Security)
2017-04-07 15:40

A 20,000-bots-strong botnet is probing WordPress sites, trying to compromise them and spread a backdoor downloader Trojan called Sathurbot as far and as wide as possible. Sathurbot: A versatile...

Self-Proclaimed ‘Nuclear Bot’ Author Weighs U.S. Job Offer (Krebs on Security)
2017-04-06 14:22

The author of a banking Trojan called Nuclear Bot -- a teenager living in France -- recently released the source code for his creation just months after the malware began showing up for sale in...

Bad bots attack 96% of websites with login pages (Help Net Security)
2017-03-17 12:30

Almost every website with a login page is under attack from bad bots, the automated programs used to carry out a variety of nefarious activities, according to Distil Networks. “Website defenders...

ReCAPTCHA Goes Stealth While Google Decides If You're A Human Or A Bot (Forbes)
2017-03-10 17:54

Now Google's clever AI can tell you're not a bot without reCAPTCHA even appearing (ZDNet)
2017-03-10 15:39

Neutrino Bot Gets Protective Loader (InfoSecIsland)
2017-03-07 11:40

A recently observed variant of the multi-purpose Neutrino Bot is using a protective, obfuscated loader that is an integral part of the full package.

Mirai for Windows Built by Experienced Bot Herder: Kaspersky (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-21 19:23

Bots And IoT Devices Raise Hacking Risks: Here's How To Protect Yourself (Forbes)
2017-02-14 19:37