A Linux botnet has grown so powerful that it can generate crippling distributed denial-of-service attacks at over 150 Gbps, many times greater than a typical company’s infrastructure can withstand.

In today’s cyber threat landscape, attacks are no longer always loud or immediate. Many of the most damaging incidents begin quietly hidden within normal network activity, disguised as legitimate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A heatmap of a botnet displayed at Microsoft's Cybercrime Center (Reuters) One of the world’s biggest botnet networks, responsible ...

A massive DDoS network of 13.5-million devices has been used to launch a 2Tbps attack on an unnamed target for 40 minutes ...

Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort Human ...

An investigation into the Fronton botnet has revealed far more than the ability to perform DDoS attacks, with the exposure of coordinated inauthentic behavior "on a massive scale." Simple steps can ...

Researchers have found what they believe is a previously undiscovered botnet that uses unusually advanced measures to covertly target millions of servers around the world. This story originally ...

In recent days you may have heard about the terrifying botnet consisting of 3 million electric toothbrushes that were infected with malware. While you absent-mindedly attended to your oral hygiene, ...

Cyber criminals are exploiting IoT devices in homes to create a botnet called BADBOX 2.0, enabling illegal online activities. Most compromised devices are manufactured in China and become infected ...

Google has taken action to disrupt a botnet that's infected 1 million devices, the company announced via blog post on Tuesday. Google also announced a lawsuit targeting the botnet's alleged operators.