A free version of a fast-growing and relatively efficient DDoS botnet tool has been unleashed in the underground. The so-called Darkness botnet is best known for doing more damage with less -- its ...

Botnet fighters have another tool in their arsenal, thanks to Microsoft. The software vendor is giving law enforcers access to a special tool that keeps tabs on botnets, using data compiled from the ...

“Operation Duck Hunt” targeted Qakbot malware that remotely controls computers and sets them up for other attacks, like ransomware. “Operation Duck Hunt” targeted Qakbot malware that remotely controls ...

Turns out Twitter's expansion of Direct Message capacity beyond 140 characters inadvertently gives botnet operators a stealthy and streamlined way to control their bots. A new backdoor tool built by ...

A computer botnet is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of popular social network Web sites, according Internet security ...

SecureWorks researcher Joe Stewart (left) has seen evidence that the massive Storm Worm botnet is being broken up into smaller networks, a surefire sign that the CPU power is up for sale to spammers ...