Security News

Long-running Android botnet evolves, could pose threat to corporate networks
2014-11-20 11:45

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/560036/long-running-android-botnet-evolves-could-pose-threat-corporate-networks/ By Lucian Constantin IDG News Service 20 November, 2014

‘Operation Tovar’ Targets ‘Gameover’ ZeuS Botnet, CryptoLocker Scourge
2014-06-03 08:22

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/operation-tovar-targets-gameover-zeus-botnet-cryptolocker-scourge/ By Brian Krebs Krebs on Security June 2, 2014

How a grad student trying to build the first botnet brought the Internet to its knees
2013-11-05 06:57

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/01/how-a-grad-student-trying-to-build-the-first-botnet-brought-the-internet-to-its-knees/ BY TIMOTHY B. LEE The Switch Washington Post...

Microsoft Liberates More Than 1.2 Million PCs From Citadel Botnet
2013-06-21 09:24

http://www.eweek.com/security/microsoft-liberates-more-than-1.2-million-pcs-from-citadel-botnet/ By Robert Lemos eWEEK.com 2013-06-20

Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability to compromise servers, create botnet
2013-05-30 07:29

http://news.techworld.com/applications/3449583/hackers-exploit-ruby-on-rails-vulnerability-to-compromise-servers-create-botnet/ By Lucian Constantin Techworld.com 29 May 2013

Fueled by super botnets, DDoS attacks grow meaner and ever-more powerful
2013-04-18 09:15

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/fueled-by-super-botnets-ddos-attacks-grow-meaner-and-ever-more-powerful/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica Apr 17 2013

Guerilla researcher created epic botnet to scan billions of IP addresses
2013-03-21 05:12

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/guerilla-researcher-created-epic-botnet-to-scan-billions-of-ip-addresses/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica March 20 2013

Tor network used to command Skynet botnet
2012-12-11 07:12

http://news.techworld.com/security/3415592/tor-network-used-command-skynet-botnet/ By Lucian Constantin Techworld.com 10 December 2012

Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world's third largest
2012-07-19 08:29

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57475328-83/experts-take-down-grum-spam-botnet-worlds-third-largest/ By Steven Musil Security & Privacy CNET News July 18, 2012

TV-based botnets? DoS attacks on your fridge? More plausible than you think
2012-04-23 07:16

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/tv-based-botnets-ddos-attacks-on-your-fridge-more-plausible-than-you-think.ars By Dan Goodin ars technica April 22, 2012