Hackers resurrect 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker, using old exploits to quietly compromise thousands of Linux servers ...

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Peter Yuryevich Levashov, an accused computer scammer who is charged with running spam botnets for more than a decade. Levashov was arrested in ...

Botnets are networks of computers taken hostage by malware that controls them and makes them send spam and act in other nefarious ways. They’re growing in size, number and impact. A botnet may be ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Black Hat USA 2010 -- If you're thinking about a life of cybercrime, then building a botnet might be the best place to start, a security researcher said here last week. Click here ...

Cybersecurity researchers have recorded the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever disclosed, after the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched ...

Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices ...