Headlines like "IoT botnet targets enterprise devices" sound very scary, but the reality is that many of these botnets are the work of kids playing around with random exploits they found online, and ...

Botnets are elaborate command-and-control systems used by criminals for sending spam, stealing personal information or launching denial-of-service attacks through hijacked computers. But their ...

The code, which uses JavaScript to turn any Web browser into a hacker's tool, was created as a demonstration of how JavaScript can be used to dodge security measures Software that could be used to ...

The malware had already put millions of routers and IoT devices at risk, and now any noob can have at it. The BotenaGo botnet source code has been leaked to GitHub, putting millions of routers and ...

A hacker has released the working code for a Huawei router exploit used by the Satori botnet over the holiday season as a freebie for cyberattackers seeking to target Huawei devices or bolster botnets ...

When an exploit becomes freely available, threat actors are quick to implement it to carry out their own distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by hijacking internet of things (IoT) devices into ...

Malware or malicious computer code has been around in some form or other for over 40 years, but the use of malware to take control of a group of computers that are then organized into something called ...

Software that could be used to turn a Web browser into an unwitting hacker’s tool has been posted to the Internet, after it was downloaded by a quick-thinking attendee at last month’s Shmoocon hacker ...

Closed-circuit security cameras are supposed to make you safer, but some malware is turning them into weapons. Researchers at Incapsula have discovered code that turned about 900 Linux-based CCTV ...

TechCrunch takes a look at the Grum botnet, and how a weakness in its code allowed some determined spam fighters to take it permanently offline. TechCrunch takes a look at the Grum botnet, and how a ...