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Tag Archives: bot
Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Necurs, one of the world’s biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide.
Botnet pwns 100,000 routers using ancient security flaw
Researchers have stumbled on another large botnet that’s been hijacking home routers while nobody was paying attention.
Oh the irony! When cybercriminals are rubbish at cybersecurity
The Owari DDoS botnet, built by knocking over weakly-secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices, has had a bad week.
Security hole in MacKeeper used to shove malware onto Macs
According to researchers at BAE, a recent Mac malware infestation was carried out using a security hole in a utility called MacKeeper.
The worst spam senders in the whole wide world? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
From carder busts to App Store bans – the computer security week in one swift video minute! Enjoy…
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP: Who needs to kill the most zombies?
Here it is: the latest “Dirty Dozen”. Our SPAMPIONSHIP tables detail the globe’s most dastardly distributors of delinquent data during the first quarter of 2015.
Interpol announces successful takedown of “Simda” botnet
Interpol just announced a botnet takedown that has neutralised the operation of the “Simba” malware. For now, anyway. Paul Ducklin takes a look…
What a lot of patches! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch the latest episode of our weekly fun-but-serious security news video. It only takes a minute!
Linux Australia gets pwned, rooted, RATted and botted
Linux Australia had a bit of a nightmare Easter Weekend. While the rest of us were loafing at the beach, the Penguinistas from Down Under were owning up to a pretty extensive cyberintrusion.