Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds Your email has been sent Botnets, especially botnets-for-hire, are lowering the bar to technology access for those seeking ...

Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code. “This month’s MSRT ...

Security researchers analyzing a prolific botnet managed to accidentally kill it due to the coding equivalent of a typing error, according to Akamai. The cloud security firm detected the “KmsdBot” ...

It's not often that malware authors go through the effort of creating a malicious tool for assembling a botnet, only to then find a way to effectively sabotage it themselves. But that appears to be ...

Over the past few years, botnets have become an exceptionally egregious security issue for businesses and home computer users alike. While home PCs are the most desirable targets for recruitment into ...