The hackers behind the pernicious, persistent Storm Trojan are getting ready to slice off pieces of the botnet created by their malware so that they can “sell” the compromised computers to spammers ...

A cybercriminal group is exploiting vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and then turning a tidy profit by putting them up for sale on a residential proxy marketplace, where they can be ...

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and ...

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...

A newly identified botnet called KadNap has compromised thousands of Asus routers worldwide by exploiting weaknesses in the ...

Federal law enforcement officials have disrupted the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware, a malicious computer code used by cybercriminals to commit ransomware, financial fraud, and other ...

A hot potato: The resurgence of BadBox 2.0 poses new risks that consumers should be aware of. As unregulated, low-cost IoT devices become increasingly common in households around the world, it's ...

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