Microsoft has amended its original Kelihos civil lawsuit to add a Russian security professional as the developer of the spamming…
Clues and details about the Cutwail botnet and its creator have been discovered in chat logs by Russian authorities
Criminals are not replacing botnets but are instead turning to more targeted attacks, researchers warn
Microsoft continues to wage war with botnets after gaining a court order to take down Kelihos
Experts predict an explosion in SpyEye variants now the pricey kit is openly available cheap – or even free
Hackers are using botnets and specially crafted search queries called “Dorks” to identify vulnerable websites
Microsoft released the latest statistics for the crippled Rustock spam server it helped to take down in March
Kaspersky Labs researchers have found a botnet of more than 4.5m computers that is almost 'indestructible'
The OpenDNS malware protection service will detect and block all DNS requests to known malicious servers
Tax cheats beware: HM Revenue & Customs is planning to use web bots to crack down on tax evasion
Damballa improves ISPs' ability to monitor and identify infected subscriber devices on their networks
The FBI has seized control of the Coreflood botnet, now it is cleaning-up and killing the web of zombies
Virtual and physical internal network traffic can now be inspected in McAfee's Network Security Platform
The global volume of spam has dropped dramatically after Rustock's servers were seized by US Marshalls
Reports say the spam-spewing Rustock botnet has suddenly and inexplicably gone silent - again
The US-based Skunkx botnet carries out DDoS attacks, while also rooting out rival botnet clients on the host
Sophisticated malware attackers increasingly use services and social networking sites for control operations
The number of spam messages is now back to its normal painful levels after the Christmas break
Shortened tweeted URLs can often lead to malicious websites, warns Kaspersky
Damballa's Failsafe appliance lets IT managers detect botnet-infected machines and priorities remedies
The Scottish spammer who pleaded guilty last month to charges of distributing malware has been jailed
A government-backed vaccination scheme is needed to tackle the huge number of infected PCs, say researchers
Startup ipTrust will warn businesses when botnets strike by revealing links form specific IP addresses to Web-threats
The Iranian Cyber Army which attacked Twitter and others late last year, is to sell access to its botnets
An Aberdeenshire man has admitted to using spam messages to infect millions of PCs with malware
Security expert are warning that new botnets are on the way after recording a rise in virus activity in the…
A Microsoft report has identified the United States as the main focus for computers infected with rogue botnets
There has been a noticeable increase in Russian spam domains since China changed its domain registration requirements in 2009
Microsoft is one step closer to seizing control of 276 domains controlled by the Waledac botnet after another legal judgement…
Security firm Trusteer uncovered a 100,000-strong botnet swiping banking credentials, credit card information and other data from Windows users