Security News

Botnet-powered account takeover campaign hit unnamed bank (Help Net Security)
2016-06-21 14:34

A single attacker has mounted two massive account takeover (ATO) campaigns against a financial institution and an entertainment company earlier this year, and used a gigantic botnet comprised of...

Hacker imprisoned for stealing Bitcoin, selling botnet on Darkode (Help Net Security)
2016-05-30 15:49

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for using a computer to steal money, hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information on the online...

Jaku: Analysis of a botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-05-23 13:00

In May 2016, the Special Investigations team at Forcepoint revealed the existence of a botnet campaign that is unique in targeting a very small number of individuals while in tandem, herding...

Cerber Ransomware On The Rise, Fueled By Dridex Botnets (Threatpost)
2016-05-13 17:24

Cerber ransomware leverages Dridex spambot network in massive new crypto-offensive targeting U.S. inboxes.