Microsoft, international law enforcement, and cybersecurity firms used AI to analyze and shut down the infrastructure used to run campaigns with Amadey and StealC malware in what the IT giant calls a ...

China-linked JDY botnet grew from 650 to 1,500+ hacked SOHO devices. It scans for new vulnerabilities within hours and feeds targeting data to state hackers. A covert botnet linked to Chinese ...

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with various CPU architectures. The researchers found samples for ARM, MIPS, ...

The recent IoT botnet takedown in Canada has unveiled a troubling reality: the Internet of Things (IoT)—once considered a marvel of modern technology—has birthed a dangerous landscape where everyday ...

Dutch authorities have announced the takedown of a botnet that enslaved millions of infected devices, including computers, tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices, to carry out malicious attacks. The ...

Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber ...

An industry effort involving CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation has led to the disruption of the Glassworm botnet. Working together, the three organizations managed to simultaneously ...

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a ...

A computer can hum along like everything works perfectly while quietly doing something far more sinister behind the scenes. Cybercriminals love that illusion because it keeps their operations ...

The second half of 2025 marked a pivotal shift in the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Organizations across the globe faced a perfect storm: Artificial intelligence (AI) matured ...

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software are so bad, and how to check if the malware is installed on your home network. On Iran, Trump is committing the cardinal sin from the ...