Hunting pythons in Florida? There may soon be an app for that | Exclusive

Years of snake-tracking data reveal the conditions that boost success and that could be incorporated into an app to aid in ...
CNET

Google and the FBI Target Massive Botnet That Quietly Used Home Devices to Mask Cybercrime

The FBI, in partnership with Google and other tech companies, struck a massive blow against NetNut, a public-facing residential network proxy service that secretly hosted a botnet controlling ...
TechSpot

The FBI and Google just took down a botnet that hijacked 2 million smart TVs

What we know so far: A coordinated effort by US law enforcement and private-sector researchers has disrupted a major residential proxy network that turned everyday consumer devices into tools for ...
Neowin

FBI seizes NetNut domain with Google's help after links found to Popa botnet

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) just took serious action against hundreds of domains associated with a residential proxy service called NetNut, which is operated by Israeli company Alarum ...
The Next Web

A Chinese state-linked botnet has grown to 1,500 hacked routers and is mapping vulnerable targets within hours of disclosure

China-linked JDY botnet grew from 650 to 1,500+ hacked SOHO devices. It scans for new vulnerabilities within hours and feeds targeting data to state hackers. A covert botnet linked to Chinese ...
HotHardware

17 Million Devices Just Got Rescued From A Massive Global Botnet

Law enforcement in the Netherlands has dismantled a massive global botnet that hijacked more than 17 million consumer devices worldwide. The coordinated strike targeted 200 command-and-control servers ...
Ars Technica

Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber ...
TechCrunch

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target open source software developers

CrowdStrike, working with Google and Shadowserver, a nonprofit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a botnet that cybercriminals used to push malware and steal ...
ConsumerAffairs

Has your computer been hijacked into a bot network?

One of the telltale signs that your computer has been compromised is unexplained slowdowns and constant background activity — even when you’re not using your computer. Additionally, look out for ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...
HotHardware

Feds Dismantle Botnets That Launched The Largest DDoS Attacks Ever Recorded

Law enforcement agencies have scored a major win against the world’s most predatory botnet operations, dismantling the infrastructure of four major networks responsible for some of the most aggressive ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Linux Flaws, Python Ownage, And A Botnet Shutdown

The ides of security March are upon us — Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and Kubernetes as an ...