Law enforcement agencies from around the world took part in a coordinated operation to disrupt the botnet used to spread the malware known as Gameover Zeus and seize computer servers crucial to the ...

Beware a surge in the number of ZeusVM Banking Trojan-based botnets operating in the wild, since the tools for building and customizing the cybercrime malware are now available for free. See Also: ...

The sudden disappearance yesterday of a known command-and-control point for ZeuS botnets had security researchers appreciative — but wondering about the reason for the sudden takedown. Registered in ...

The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for allegedly stealing money from online bank accounts ...

The fraudulent email warned consumers that their tax payments had been rejected by the IRS and directed them to a website that was part of a large Zeus botnet. The site infected the computer and then ...

Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse." On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he ...

Microsoft curtailed threats to PCs stemming from Nitol botnet by reaching a settlement with Peng Yong, the operator of 3322.org, where the botnet was identified to be hosted. Reuters Microsoft's war ...

Last week, the Justice Department and FBI announced they had thrown a monkey wrench into the GameOver Zeus botnet. A multinational effort that involved Europol, government organizations, researchers, ...

Computer security firm NetWitness discovered a botnet that, according to the firm, has compromised 75,000 systems at 2,500 organizations, including 10 federal agencies. Approximately 75,000 computer ...