Network World

Removing botnet apps from a PC

I fear that my PC has been infected with botnet software. None of my spyware detection or anti-virus software detects anything, but my computer has slowed to a crawl and often runs at close to 100% ...
PC World

New botnet malware infects 1.6 million Android TV devices worldwide

Vo1d is a long-known botnet that infects Android TV devices, and security experts from XLab have now discovered a new variant that’s said to have infected over 1.6 million Android TV devices around ...
Android Police

A new Android botnet trojan is out for your banking data

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...
Gizmodo

How a Well-Regarded Mac App Became a Trojan Horse

NightOwl was supposed to make Macs work in dark mode. After a recent update, one developer discovered it was siphoning users’ data through a botnet. Reading time 7 minutes In the early days of macOS ...
Network World

Removing botnet apps from a PC; Running both Windows 98 and XP

* Removing botnet apps from a PC By Steve Blass Q: I fear that my PC has been infected with botnet software. None of my spyware detection or anti-virus software detects anything, but my computer has ...
Android

ASUS Router Alert: Thousands Hacked to Form Massive Botnet

Thousands of ASUS routers have been hacked to form a major botnet, exploiting vulnerabilities including CVE-2023-39780. Attackers installed persistent backdoors, making detection difficult. Users are ...
Dark Reading

Smartphone Weather App Builds A Mobile Botnet

SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA Conference 2010 -- A pair of researchers has amassed nearly 8,000 iPhones and Android smartphones in an experimental mobile botnet project that demonstrates the ease of spreading ...
Android Authority

Google targets cybercriminals behind massive Android malware scheme

Google is suing the creators of BadBox 2.0, a botnet that infected 10 million off-brand Android devices. The malware often came pre-installed on cheap streaming boxes, tablets, and projectors, mostly ...
Ars Technica

PSA: Silent takeover of "Nightowl" app, now botnet adware

I haven't used any 3rd party time-of-day colorshift/style shift software in a long time, ever since Apple built that into the OS, and previous to that used Flux. But I had a friend who was still using ...
Dark Reading

Google Removes Chamois Apps Botnet from Play Store

Google has removed malicious apps from the Google Play Store after discovering they were tricking users into downloading unwanted apps and plugins. These apps, which sent premium text messages and ...
Bleeping Computer

WireX DDoS botnet admin charged for attacking hotel chain

The US Department of Justice charged the admin of the WireX Android botnet for targeting an American multinational hotel chain in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Izzet Mert Ozek, the ...

Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices

Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices ...