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...

Dridex, Locky Attacks Inactive After Necurs Botnet Disruption (SecurityWeek)
2016-06-10 13:11

Jail Time for Bitcoin Botnet Thief (May 25 and 30, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-05-31 18:55

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...

This sneaky botnet shows why you really, really shouldn't use the same password for everything (ZDNet)
2016-05-23 16:09

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...

A million machines enslaved by MitM Google ad fraud botnet (The Register)
2016-05-17 06:06

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.

Police Reveal Botnet Herders' Disaster Recovery Secrets (InfoRiskToday)
2016-05-13 15:21

Viking Horde botnet malware lurks on Google Play (Help Net Security)
2016-05-10 16:40

Five apps on Google Play carry Viking Horde, a new malware family that ropes Android devices into an ad-clicking botnet, but can also make them send out spam, send SMS messages to premium-rate...