botnet

Google has removed hundreds of apps from the Play store after they were found to hijack devices for the use of the WireX botnet.

Two cybercriminals convicted of creating the SpyEye botnet were sentenced this week to a combined 24 years in prison.

Dimitry Belorossovaf has been sentenced to four and a half years in U.S. prison for his part in using the Citadel Trojan and for running a botnet.

Security firm Sophos has announced today the discovery of another widespread malware attacking Mac computers.
Dubbed "Sabpab," the threat ......

Doctor Web, the Russian anti-virus company has concluded this week that over 500,000 Mac computers are infected with the BackDoor.Flashback ......

Microsoft has confirmed this week that it suspects a former employee is behind the massive Kelihos botnet attacks.
The man, Russian citizen ......

Microsoft and federal law enforcement have jointly taken down the spam giant Rustock botnet, seizing computers, servers, and other equipment ......

The NYTimes has reported that spam email volume fell by as much as 57 percent in December after a number of infamous botnets went dark and have ......