botnets
Academics Say Bots Keep Targeting Their Research on LGBTQ Health
Researchers have noticed an upswing in bot attacks against online surveys for academic research—especially those that deal with social inequality.
This Tiny Picture on Twitter Contains the Complete Works of Shakespeare
“I was just testing to see how much raw data I could cram into a tweet," the computer science undergraduate behind the demonstration said.
Why Nobody's Bothered to Hack the UK Election
The recent US and French elections were plagued by allegations of digital subterfuge. So why have May and Corbyn been let off the hook?
Google Appears to Think the UK's Health Service Is a Botnet
Or at least something weird is going on, since NHS network users are being forced to verify they're human before using Google.
Black Lives Matter Website Saw Over 100 DDoS Attacks in Seven Months
In the last year, blacklivesmatter.com has seen a spate of cyber attacks with thousands of zombie machines.
AVG Wants Your Home Router to Fight Internet of Things Malware
AVG’s plan makes sense, but will require the cooperation of hardware manufacturers to make a real impact.
We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things
Long term, we need to build an internet that is resilient against IoT-based attacks. But that's a long time coming.
One of the World's Largest Botnets Has Vanished
Researchers have reported huge drops in traffic for two of the most popular pieces of malware which rely on the Necurs network.
Botnets Plague the Web. This AI Is Out to Stop Them
Israeli researchers say they’re the first to use machine learning to identify where botnets are located.
Botnets Can Be Good, Despite What the FBI Says
The director of the FBI seems to ignore the existence of good botnets.