The Andromeda galaxy. Just like the cluster of stars, the various computers in a botnet are linked together despite looking separate if you're close enough to them (Nasa) Your computer or router looks ...

One of the most potent tools in a cyber criminal's arsenal is the 'distributed denial of service' attack – commonly known as a DDoS attack. These prolific hacks can take even the most protected ...

A gang of Ukranian hackers has taken control of almost two million computers worldwide, including machines in large corporations and government departments, creating a giant "botnet". So how do you ...

One of the largest botnets ever is gone, as an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department shut down the 911 S5 botnet. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers ...

How do Trojan viruses infect your computer? Where does spam come from? How do hackers gain control over your computer? Often times, the answer is via botnet. A botnet is nothing more than a small ...

The free but malicious VPN apps created to connect to the 911 S5 service are: MaskVPN, DewVPN, PaladinVPN, ProxyGate, ShieldVPN, and ShineVPN. Here are full instructions on how to check if one of them ...

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.

Security researchers say that the Russian Cerber ransomware now adds victims' PCs to a botnet sending out DDoS attacks, in addition to hijacking their PCs iStock For the first time ever, cybersecurity ...

Botnets are arguably the pre-eminent source of internet crime, vast networks of hi-jacked "zombie" computers that rival some of the largest supercomputers in their aggregate power. Used to distribute ...

On 11th February a US teenager who used the online nickname of "Sobe" pleaded guilty to delinquency charges resulting from his surreptitious installation of adware on hundreds of thousands of ...