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Most people who own a computer infected with botnet malware have no idea their machine is compromised. The software is ...

Unexplained slowdowns and constant background activity—even when you’re not using your computer Sudden spikes in internet ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Security researchers from Lumen's Black Lotus were investigating the ngioweb botnet for more than ...

In brief: Don't look now, but your video recorder might be part of a massive botnet pulling off record-breaking sustained DDoS attacks. The network involves compromised Shenzhen webcams and DVRs. The ...

A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The malware ...

The US is accusing a little-known Chinese company of running a botnet made up of infected Linux devices, including routers, storage devices, web cameras, and digital video recorders. The botnet, or ...

The Quad7 botnet is evolving its operation by targeting additional SOHO devices with new custom malware for Zyxel VPN appliances, Ruckus wireless routers, and Axentra media servers. Sekoia has ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new Mirai-based botnet that uses zero-day exploits for industrial routers and smart home devices to spread. The offensively named “gayfemboy” botnet was first ...

One of the largest botnets ever is gone, as an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department shut down the 911 S5 botnet. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers ...

Sergey Manikin, a joint Moldovan-Russian national who ran a botnet proxy network known as IPStorm that compromised computer systems all over the world, has pled guilty to three counts of violating US ...

A Russian national was ordered to pay a judgment of over $1.6 million over a ransomware and computer botnet scheme, the U.S.