The average life span of a command and control server in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC)-based botnet is less than two months. And these machines and their drones that make up a botnet are typically ...

Most botnets are usually pretty obvious to detect -- the conspicuous Internet Relay Chat (IRC) connections they use are often a dead giveaway. But botnet operators are now starting to use stealthier ...

Earlier this month, security staff at the Norwegian telco, Telenor, located and disabled a network of more than 10,000 zombie PCs. This network was what is known to hackers as a "botnet." Such ...

GoBruteforcer botnet fueled by server deployments with weak credentials and legacy web is targeting cryptocurrency and ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

GoBruteforcer malware uses weak passwords and exposed services to build a botnet targeting crypto projects, Linux servers, ...

Security researchers from German antivirus vendor G Data Software have identified a botnet that is controlled by attackers from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server running as a hidden service inside ...

The botnet can be used to mount different kinds of attacks, including code-execution and DDoS. The hackers-for-hire group DarkCrewFriends has resurfaced and is targeting content management systems to ...

Security experts say botnets are increasingly becoming more difficult to trace as criminal hackers have developed clever means to hide them. Botnets are networks of computers infected with code that ...