A malicious botnet has been targeting Microsoft SQL database servers to mine cryptocurrency for two years, according to a new report. The attack brute-forces passwords in order to access servers with ...

Since May 2018, a malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) databases to take over admin accounts and then install cryptocurrency mining scripts on the ...

For the second time in less than a year, Microsoft has helped bust a botnet. On Friday, U.S. Marshals, together with representatives from Microsoft and two financial industry associations, seized Zeus ...

When hackers corral infected computers into a botnet, they take special care to ensure they don’t lose control of the server that sends commands and updates to the compromised devices. The precautions ...

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 ...

A cybercrime group is enslaving Linux servers running vulnerable Webmin apps into a new botnet that security researchers are currently tracking under the name of Roboto. The botnet's appearance dates ...

Google on Tuesday moved to shut down a sophisticated cryptojacking botnet that used the Bitcoin blockchain to evade cybersecurity officials. Known as “Glupteba,” the botnet has infected more than 1 ...

Servers hosting Valve Source Engine and popular games like Fortnite are targeted by a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet. A new Gafgyt variant is adding vulnerable internet of things (IoT) devices to ...

The persistence and spread of a newly identified botnet targeting private Minecraft Java servers has far wider ramifications for enterprises than bumming out a Biome. Microsoft researchers revealed in ...