A hybrid DDoS botnet known for turning vulnerable Windows devices into Monero cryptomining bots is now also scanning for and infecting Linux systems. While the botnet's authors named it Satan DDoS, ...

A new botnet identified in the wild leverages close to a dozen exploits for high and critical-severity vulnerabilities against Windows systems to turn them into cryptomining clients and sources for ...

Botnets often make the cybersecurity headlines – but they’re far from the Skynet nightmare that you’d assume at first glance.