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 ...
Imagine you're having a good time enjoying your favorite TV show, and suddenly an adult video takes over your screen, your remote stops working and harmful content is being forced on viewers. While ...
Yesterday, we told you how a Microsoft anti-spam engineer claimed to have found a network of Android devices designed to send spam. Today, it looks like that report might have just been an educated ...
Twitter has quite the storied history of being used for both good and evil, what with its ability to connect millions of people and allow them to communicate faster than ever before. But now, it’s ...
A new report out today from mobile security firm iVerify Inc. sheds light on the alarming ease with which cybercriminals can now rent advanced Android malware through subscription-based ...
A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors also ...
The Justice Department says it has stopped Chinese hackers from weaponizing a massive army of infected devices to launch cyberattacks. NPR's Jenna McLaughlin spoke to one of the private-sector ...
The Ngioweb botnet, which supplies most of the 35,000 bots in the cybercriminal NSOCKS proxy service, is being disrupted as security companies block traffic to and from the two networks. Following an ...
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...