Hackers deploying &#39;bots&#39; on a massive scale
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Hackers have increased their attempts to hijack PCs since the start of the year, with up to 75,000 being compromised daily, according to Symantec.
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In one of the most significant hack attempts of the past few years, attackers tried to take down key parts of the Internet by targeting critical routing servers.
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Malicious hackers tout a site with an strip show download to entice victims to download malware.
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Malware was being deployed as a Trojan Horse that attempts to disable anti-virus programs, modify registry keys, download additional files, and log keystrokes when connecting to banking websites.
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Traceroute Security researcher Jose Nazario has uncovered circumstantial evidence of the use of botnets in politically-motivated denial of service attacks.â¦
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Its latest Internet Security Threat Report says that infected computers - or bots - which hackers can control remotely, have grown in twelve months from less than 2,000 in the first half of 2003 to more than 30,000.
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Blog: Report says click fraud rate is up due to increased use of botnets to automate the clicking on ads.
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Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.
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Fraudsters are achieving higher levels of automation for phishing scams, using software tools and botnets to increase the reach of their work, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
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WASHINGTON  --  Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.
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Honeypot project shows more than adult sites contain malicious threats.
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Marks host malware Booby-trapped web pages are growing at an alarming rate with unsuspecting firms acting for nurseries for botnet farmers, according to a new study.â¦
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Fraudsters have developed a potent new computer program that steals Internet banking customers&#39; details by duping them into opening up
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Hackers could bypass security warnings and download malicious content.
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User-generated Web content is becoming a target for hackers and cross-site scripting attacks on Web sites can lead to malware taking over the browsers of machines that use the sites.
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Cyber criminals are cashing in on their expertise by offering tool kits that let anyone craft attacks.
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Companies, governments, and individuals are increasingly vulnerable to Internet attacks by terrorists and hackers.