A botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities is abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to stay under the radar. According to new research published by Akamai on Tuesday, the technique is ...

The malware is a new payload that uses Dogecoin wallets for its C2, and spreads via the Ngrok botnet. A fresh Linux backdoor called Doki is infesting Docker servers in the cloud, researchers warn, ...

The operator of a known botnet used for cryptocurrency mining has started using a relatively rare technique for maintaining persistence that, if more broadly adopted, could make botnet takedowns much ...

Last week, Google announced that it had partially disrupted the operations of a massive botnet—a gargantuan network of over one million malware-infected Windows computers. In the world of ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ThreatX, the leading API and application protection platform, today announced the expansion of its platform offering with the release of a new Botnet Console and API catalog 2 ...

A new botnet has been spotted in the wild which exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol to move laterally across systems while covertly mining for cryptocurrency. In a report shared with ZDNet, on ...

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet – that’s actively targeting vulnerable D-Link and Internet of Things devices – is the first variant of the malware to rely on Tor communications, researchers say.