The P2PInfect botnet worm is going through a period of highly elevated activity volumes starting in late August and then picking up again in September 2023. P2PInfect was first documented by Unit 42 ...

Researchers warn of a spike in the cryptocurrency-mining botnet since August 2020. Researchers are warning of a recent dramatic uptick in the activity of the Lemon Duck cryptocurrency-mining botnet, ...

Security researchers have discovered a significant increase in global botnet activity between December 2023 and the first week of January 2024, with spikes observed exceeding one million devices.

The creator of the Satori/Okiru, Masuta and Tsunami/Fbot botnets has been sentenced to prison for compromising hundreds of thousands of devices. A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a ...

A notorious botnet campaign has surged in activity over the past month, with cyber criminals using it to distribute a ransomware campaign alongside other malware. Researchers at cybersecurity provider ...

There is a new kid in town in the world of botnets – isn’t there always? A heavyweight spamming botnet known as Festi has only been tracked by researchers with Message Labs Intelligence since August, ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 13, 2011 - Fortinet' (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions – today announced its latest 30 ...

In a sign of the times, a longstanding botnet has changed its behavior, switching its activity to cryptomining while using YouTube as part of its process. Discovered Tuesday by security researchers at ...