The ghosts and ghouls of October have come and gone, but the dangers lurking behind virtual walls have hardly disappeared. The threat of zombie bots is real, and it exists 365 days out of the year.

Internet service provider 3FN has been ordered out of business by a district court on advice and request of the Federal Trade Commission. It is accused of a variety of illegal activities. It’s been ...

A NATO document seeks to establish a global framework for cyberwar. (Stock image) Regarding our article on the effects of international law on cybersecurity, Randy Soper commented via Twitter: ...

Canadian authorities have apprehended 17 people suspected of running the largest and most damaging hacker network ever discovered in the country. In a coordinated series of dawn raids, the Surete du ...

Botnets are networks of computers taken hostage by malware that controls them and makes them send spam and act in other nefarious ways. They’re growing in size, number and impact. A botnet may be ...

In this NetSeminar, Everything Channel Senior Editor Kevin McLaughlin will look at the damage botnets can cause and provide a channel-centric point of view on what steps companies can take to protect ...

Let me tell you about a strange convergence of zombie-related events this past weekend. As I often do before the weekend, I printed out a few stories I’ve been meaning to read, figuring I’d get to ...

Four million zombies have been orphaned from their now-dead botnet; six suspects have been arrested in Estonia. Operation Ghost Click has acted against various malware-mediated frauds and other crime.

The term Botnet — a combination of robot and network — refers to a collection of computer applications, networks and software working autonomously. But some bots are behaving badly — sending spam, ...

Just as hurricane trackers chart storms in the Atlantic before they make landfall, cybersecurity researchers track viral infections that threaten mayhem. They’ve found a doozy. A massive zombie ...