Connectivity Ransomware Is a Real Threat, but Don’t Forget the Botnets There’s a far more potent security threat to worry about. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-06-28T15:25:00-04:00
Connectivity Trump’s Call for a Crackdown on Botnets Is a Long Shot Complicated technical and political challenges stand in the way of the president’s wish for a “dramatic” reduction in botnet attacks. by Mike Orcutt 2017-05-22T15:32:00-04:00
Connectivity The FBI Shut Down a Huge Botnet, but There Are Plenty More Left A new law has allowed the feds to declare war on one of the world’s most pernicious cybersecurity threats. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-04-11T14:15:00-04:00
Technology Botnets of Things: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 The relentless push to add connectivity to home gadgets is creating dangerous side effects that figure to get even worse. by Bruce Schneier 2017-02-22T07:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Dormant Botnet of 350,000 Twitter Accounts A massive botnet secretly infiltrated the Twitterverse in 2013 but has lain mysteriously dormant since then, say researchers. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2017-01-20T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Researcher Claims He’s Identified a Co-creator of a Massive Internet of Things Botnet But even if we find out who orchestrated some of the fiercest Internet attacks of late, will it matter? by Jamie Condliffe 2017-01-19T14:00:00-05:00
Business Impact No One Knows How Much Cybercrime Really Costs A lack of reliable figures on the costs of many kinds of cybercrime is holding back companies and governments from responding appropriately. by Tom Simonite 2016-01-25T00:00:01-05:00
View Ever Wondered What a Live Botnet Looks Like? A visualization of the ZeroAccess botnet reveals a vast empire of fraud. by Mike Orcutt 2012-10-15T17:09:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines How to Get Everyone To Secure Computers Botnets are a huge problem—one that can’t be solved without persuading recalcitrant owners of millions of infected private computers to take action. by David Talbot 2012-06-05T11:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines A Smarter, Stealthier Botnet The “most technologically sophisticated” malware uses clever communications tricks and encryption to avoid disruption. by David Talbot 2011-07-01T14:49:00-04:00
