Las Vegas -- The bad news is if you click on the wrong online ad, your browser can be immediately enlisted in a botnet carrying out a denial of service attack to take down Web sites.

WhiteHat Security researchers demonstrated how to leverage online advertising networks to distribute homegrown javascript to launch attacks relatively cheaply–for the cost of an ad.

How big is the botnet problem? Watchdog organization Shadowserver Foundation calls it “gigantic.” Gigantic. Watchdog organization Shadowserver Foundation monitors the number of detected ...

Hackers are using a botnet to scour Google for websites that use vulnerable installations of the vBulletin forum software ...

An at-scale botnet emulation helps a team of researchers in Canada and France learn more about how armies of zombie computers operate ...

Ollmann said Damballa is now using a botnet naming system, with the agreement of customers, which favors a two-part name and works much like the hurricane naming system used by the National ...

Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team ...

The attack chain essentially involves breaking into misconfigured Docker APIs to execute a new container based on the Alpine ...

A new "swiss army knife" botnet originating from Russia has emerged in the Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) arena, touting Android-based payloads to potential cybercriminal clients. According to ...

Ollmann said Damballa is now using a botnet naming system, with the agreement of customers, which favors a two-part name and works much like the hurricane naming system used by the National ...