Despite Microsoft's renewed focus on security, latest research shows that computers running Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 form the bulk of networks of compromised computers, commonly called botnets.

Researchers say a botnet targeting Windows devices is rapidly growing in size, thanks to a new infection technique that allows the malware to spread from computer to computer. The Purple Fox malware ...

A new Golang-based botnet under active development has been ensnaring hundreds of Windows devices each time its operators deploy a new command and control (C2) server. First spotted in October 2021 by ...

A Windows-based botnet is spreading a Mirai variant that is also capable of spreading to Linux systems under certain conditions, Kaspersky Lab researchers said. A Chinese-speaking attacker is ...

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You've no doubt heard of the Mirai botnet, and you've probably seen at least one display of its power. Last fall, it was responsible for an attack that crippled access to Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, and ...

The worm exploiting a critical Windows bug that Microsoft Corp. patched with an emergency fix in late October is being used to build a new botnet, a security researcher said Monday. Ivan Macalintal, a ...

Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins. Unpatched vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins are ...

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Microsoft researchers have discovered a hybrid Windows-Linux botnet that uses a highly efficient technique to take down Minecraft servers and performs distributed denial-of-service attacks on other ...

Despite Microsoft's renewed focus on security, recent research shows that computers running Windows XP and 2000 form the bulk of botnets. The study, carried out by the German Honeynet Project, found ...