New research uncovers how a network of bot accounts pushed cryptocurrency on Twitter with help from ChatGPT. Credit: CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform ...

The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it’s time for a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, says it has taken down a large botnet and arrested its administrator, YunHe Wang. The botnet, called 911 ...

For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed ...

As a follow-up to last week’s article on detecting the presence of a botnet on your network, I have more advice from experts in this arena. IBM’s Internet Security Systems X-Force gives specific ...

The botnet consisted of 260,000 various internet-connected devices that were used to gather intelligence on critical US infrastructure, government operations, academics, and more. Notably, the botnet ...

In a case described by a Commerce Department official as something "ripped from a screenplay," 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang has been accused of operating an international botnet. This ...

A Chinese-controlled botnet of tens of thousands of unpatched internet-connected firewalls, network attached storage devices, internet-connected surveillance cameras, and small office/home office ...

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national, Yunhe Wang, for running a major botnet for nearly a decade. Wang's botnet spanned nearly 200 countries and was likely the world's ...