Researchers say a botnet targeting Windows devices is rapidly growing in size, thanks to a new infection technique that allows the malware to spread from computer to computer. The Purple Fox malware ...

A Chromium flaw could let malicious websites abuse Chrome and Edge as hidden proxy nodes without downloads or permissions.

A new Golang-based botnet under active development has been ensnaring hundreds of Windows devices each time its operators deploy a new command and control (C2) server. First spotted in October 2021 by ...

Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins. Unpatched vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins are ...

Microsoft recently made an update to Window Defender Exclusions permission whereby it is no longer possible to view the excluded folders and files without administrator rights. This is a significant ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Defender for IoT researchers discovered malicious downloads that affect Windows and Linux devices. These downloads, among other propagation methods, ensnare local devices ...

SafeBreach researchers demonstrate how attackers can crash Windows domain controllers and build a botnet using unauthenticated RPC and LDAP vulnerabilities. At DEF CON 33, security researchers ...

Google today announced the company has taken action against a sophisticated botnet called Glupteba, which targets Windows devices and defends itself using blockchain. It has also launched litigation ...

Microsoft has warned it has discovered a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, which deploys coin miners on both Windows and Linux systems. In a thread posted on the Microsoft Security Intelligence ...