Srizbi grows into world's largest botnet

The prodigious Srizbi botnet has continued to grow and now accounts for up to 50 percent of the spam being filtered by one security company. ...continue reading 'Srizbi grows into world's largest botnet'

Microsoft botnet-hunting tool helps bust hackers

Microsoft is giving law enforcers access to a special tool that keeps tabs on botnets, using data compiled from the 450 million computer users who have installed the Malicious Software Removal tool that ships with Windows. ...continue reading 'Microsoft botnet-hunting tool helps bust hackers'

Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet

A group of German researchers has unveiled the first publicly released research attempting to actively disrupt a peer-to-peer botnet - using as their case study the notorious Storm worm. ...continue reading 'Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet'

China faced with severe botnet problem

China faces a serious threat from botnets, networks of computers infected with software that allows them to be controlled remotely for denial-of-service attacks and to send spam, according to a report issued by China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT). ...continue reading 'China faced with severe botnet problem'