Sometimes, those of us in the computer biz get so wrapped up in the techie details that we forget that many people don’t know what we think are the basics. For example, a really smart, computer-savvy ...

Distributed denial of service attacks are becoming more powerful, but the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security have urged agencies to lead by example in combating them. Phil Goldstein is a ...

It is a group of computers that have been taken over by criminal botherders. Instead of rounding up sheep, these crooks round up computers and use them for illegal purposes. The term stands for robot ...

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics.

QiAnXin XLab published a new report on Kimwolf, an Android-based botnet that primarily targets TVs, set-top boxes, and ...

Despite being the subject of an international takedown operation last year, traces of the Andromeda botnet can still be found on many PCs. The Andromeda botnet was associated with 80 different malware ...

Smart city devices have the potential to be hacked and used against the very cities that deployed them. Here’s how that threat can be mitigated. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

Kimwolf botnet infected 1.8 million Android TV devices and issued 1.7 billion DDoS commands, using ENS to hide its control ...

The Mirai Botnet is back and its coming for your internet-of-things devices again, but this time it is attacking business’ IoT and not just consumers'. In 2016 the Mirai Botnet, a virus that attacks ...

Security researchers have discovered a new botnet that has been attacking Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection exposed to the Internet. Discovered by Renato Marinho of ...