The term Botnet — a combination of robot and network — refers to a collection of computer applications, networks and software working autonomously. But some bots are behaving badly — sending spam, ...

A zombie computer–also referred to as a bot–allows an unauthorized person to gain control over another user’s computer. The infection is typically the result of a hacker, malicious website, e-mail or ...

How do you detect a "botnet," a network of computers infected with malware -- so-called zombies -- that allow a third party to take control of those machines? The answer may lie in a statistical tool ...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff speaks about computer security at the RSA Conference on information security in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. AP Photo/Paul SakumaSAN FRANCISCO -- ...

Millions of computers get bitten a year and become zombies. And, since according to the Zombie Research Center May is Zombie Awareness Month, it makes sense to make computer users aware of zombified ...

Computer code writers in Europe are the chief suspects in the creation of programs that turn other computers into zombie-like slaves for Internet crimes. Computer experts in Eastern Europe and ...

On Thursday Microsoft revealed some of the technological and legal maneuvers it has used to unmask individuals using several zombies to send spam. Zombies are computers that are infected with ...

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Botnets. You may not have heard of them, but their invisible nature makes them all the more dangerous. And you may already be both a victim and an accomplice in a botnet operation. Because everything ...

A group of senators this week introduced reworked legislation to combat botnets, which transmit computer viruses, after the measure failed to make it into the major cybersecurity bill passed late last ...

Fake “zombie” computer spies are infiltrating zombie networks and recording online exchanges between the networks and their human commanders. The fake zombies are deployed by members of the German ...

Two men have been charged by the Texas Attorney General's Office with organized criminal activity and money laundering. The case follows an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ...