Check fraud is an old-fashioned kind of crime, but a criminal ring with ties to Russia is using modern cybercrime techniques, including botnets, online databases of financial information and check ...

Empty cabinets in the new data center of T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG in 2014. Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images Contrary to what many assume, a public-private partnership to combat ...

A newly identified botnet is targeting unpatched applications running on top of Linux systems, Check Point security researchers said in a report today. First seen in November 2020, the FreakOut botnet ...

The alleged author of a supercharged variant of Mirai malware called Satori has been rearrested for violating his bail conditions. Kenneth Currin Schuchman, 20, was indicted in federal court in Alaska ...

Botnet use is on the rise, particularly in the case of for-profit botnets. Check out this OnSecurity podcast with Jose Nazario, software and security engineer at Arbor Networks, about the extent of ...

Earlier in the month, Tenable security researchers discovered a vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass authentication on millions of routers from 17 different vendors. However, it now appears that ...

KrebsOnSecurity is often the target of disgruntled cybercriminals and has now been targeted by a large and powerful botnet. The website, operated by security expert Brian Krebs, was subject to an ...

ThreatCloud service relies on Internet-based sensor network to identify botnets in real time and block them on enterprise networks Check Point Software Technologies Tuesday announced a cloud-based ...

Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index reveals the Emotet botnet rising up the top malware list in November as a result of multiple campaigns; Coinhive remains at top position for 12 th consecutive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Observing, pondering, and writing about tech. Generally in that order. Dec 18, 2021, 11:12am EST Apr 21, 2022, 09:33am EDT This ...