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A newly discovered piece of malware combines ransomware and botnet capabilities in a single package, Trend Micro security researchers reveal. read more
The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered.
Probation, comm service for poachers turned gamekeepers The three brains behind the Mirai malware, which infects and pressgangs Internet-of-Things devices into a botnet army, have avoided jail.…
Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using...
Windows and Linux users need to beware, as an all-in-one, destructive malware strain has been discovered in the wild that features multiple malware capabilities including ransomware,...
Malicious login attempts from bots increased by by almost 2 billion from April to May 2018. Here's who is at risk.
Three young hackers who were sentenced late last year for creating and spreading the notorious Mirai botnet are now helping the FBI to investigate other "complex" cybercrime cases in return to...
The Russian man who was accused of operating the infamous Kelihos botnet has finally pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court. Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty...
Peter Levashov's Botnets Spread Spam, Banking Trojans and RansomwareRussian national Peter Levashov, who was arrested in Spain last year and extradited to the U.S., has admitted to a two-decade...
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a 38-year-old Russian national accused of operating the notorious Kelihos botnet, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft...