The ghosts and ghouls of October have come and gone, but the dangers lurking behind virtual walls have hardly disappeared. The threat of zombie bots is real, and it exists 365 days out of the year.

Cyberattacks launched or controlled via botnet are nothing new, but they are on the rise and pose an ever-growing threat. A recent Russian botnet masquerading as a proxy service compromised millions ...

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.

Dutch police say they dismantled a large botnet this week comprising at least 17 million infected devices. After being tipped off by a researcher at the Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre ...

As the world has moved to scalable online services for everything from video streaming to gaming to messaging, it’s really no surprise that malware has followed close behind. Specifically, threats ...

Malware writers are increasingly considering the Tor anonymity network as an option for hiding the real location of their command-and-control (C&C) servers, according to researchers from security firm ...

It is today estimated that the internet connects over 28 billion devices: computers, phones, thermostats, lockboxes, pet-food dispensers, power grids and much more. While a growing network of 28 ...

It's difficult for security professionals to communicate just how relentless their work is, especially when resurgent threats emerge. If you aren’t dealing with the "whack-a-mole" nature of the ...

PREVIEW – Botnets: Could your devices be part of … News / Nov 18, 2025 / 04:42 PM EST One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware. Whether it’s ...