How a new documentary captured Florida’s competitive python hunt

The Python Hunt’ takes viewers deep inside the annual Everglades tradition — and what it really means for Florida.

Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by ...

Dutch govt disrupts malware botnet with 17 million infected devices

Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation.
Computer Weekly

Glassworm botnet that targeted OS devs smashed to pieces

CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation worked together to take down a botnet that poisoned over 300 GitHub ...
SecurityWeek

GlassWorm Botnet Disrupted

The four C&C channels used by GlassWorm, the botnet targeting open source software developers, have been disrupted.
Bleeping Computer

Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet

The Russian hacker group Secret Blizzard has developed its long-running Kazuar backdoor into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet designed for long-term persistence, stealth, and data collection.
The Hacker News

New TrickMo Variant Uses TON C2 and SOCKS5 to Create Android Network Pivots

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of the TrickMo Android banking trojan that uses The Open Network (TON) for command-and-control (C2). The new variant, observed by ThreatFabric ...
IEEE

Rbot Botnet Traffic Detection Using Multi-Stage Feature Selection and Machine Learning

Abstract: Rbot, as an IRC-based botnet malware, is capable of launching massive DDoS attacks and can also conceal malicious communication by mixing it with legitimate traffic. Due to evolving attack ...