Most people who own a computer infected with botnet malware have no idea their machine is compromised. The software is designed to stay hidden, quietly connecting to remote servers, executing ...

The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it’s time for a ...

Botnet activity on connected devices is up 500% thanks to default passwords, outdated software, and inadequate security protections creating backdoors into enterprise networks. Now, even entry-level ...

Microsoft claims that its search-and-destroy tool for Windows took down enough infected PCs that the hackers called it quits Microsoft took credit for crushing the Storm botnet Tuesday, saying that ...

Sometimes, those of us in the computer biz get so wrapped up in the techie details that we forget that many people don’t know what we think are the basics. For example, a really smart, computer-savvy ...

A quick look at the global Threat Map from internet security giant Spamhaus can sometimes be quite illuminating. The map ...

Microsoft Corp. today took credit for crushing the Storm botnet, saying that the malware search-and-destroy tool it distributes to Windows users disinfected so many bots that the hackers threw in the ...