The malware has added exploits for more web applications and devices to its arsenal and some of them seem to be inherited ...

Despite Mozi’s disruption, Androxgh0st’s recent command-and-control logs suggest that Mozi’s payloads have been reintegrated into its botnet infrastructure, creating a more extensive infection network ...

Alexander "Connor" Moucka was apprehended last week at the request of the United States, the Canadian Department of Justice ...

AndroxGh0st malware integrates Mozi botnet to exploit IoT vulnerabilities, expanding attacks on critical infrastructure ...

Hackers are building a dangerous new botnet and are going after Microsoft ... researchers have spotted threat actors using the Androxgh0st malware to compromise computers and servers.

The United States is taking a major victory lap after federal authorities took down what was allegedly the largest zombie "botnet" in the world. A Chinese national, YunHe Wang, was arrested as the ...

Check Point Software’s latest threat index reveals a significant rise in infostealers like Lumma Stealer, while mobile ...

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Also, the act of hacking into a computer to make it part of a botnet is itself illegal. You might see a counterargument that goes something like this: It’s not illegal to send web traffic or ...

While most botnets use compromised computers without their owners' knowledge, users in a voluntary botnet allow their computers to be taken over to increase the traffic that overloads the Web servers.

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