How the first botnet changed the Internet forever
Cornell student Robert Morris said his worm was only intended to “gauge the size of the Web.” Instead, it brought it to its knees.
On Nov 2, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
The definitive glossary of hacking terminology
We’ve compiled a list of what we believe to be the most important and current hacking terms you should know.
On Sep 23, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Introducing Genie, the NSA’s $652 million botnet
If all goes according to plan, the NSA will soon have millions of infected computers at its disposal.
On Sep 3, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Rent-a-botnet services are taking paid DDoS attacks mainstream
For $18 a month, this service promises to attack your enemies’ websites whenever you want.
On May 14, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Skype hack hijacks your computer, puts it to work making Bitcoin
Someone’s using a Skype vulnerability to create a Bitcoin-mining botnet.
On Apr 5, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Rogue researcher uses illegal botnet to measure the Internet
Want to find out how big the Internet is? Trying to take control of every unsecured computer connected to it is one way to find out.
On Mar 20, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
World’s third largest spam net shut down
Taking out one fifth of all the world’s spam was as simple as eliminating its leaders.
On Jul 19, 2012 by Kevin Morris
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