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Beating the bad bots: Six ways to identify and block spam traffic
By Sead Fadilpašić published
In-depth Not all traffic is good. Learn how to prevent bad bots from overrunning your website

Ukraine's vigilante IT army now has a DDoS bot to automate attacks against Russia
By Connor Jones published
News The 270,000-strong IT Army of Ukraine will now combine supporters' cloud infrastructure to strengthen the daily attacks against their invaders

Microsoft's secure VBA macro rules already being bypassed by hackers
By Connor Jones published
News Recent analysis of Emotet activity has revealed a shift away from malicious Office documents to drop malware

Linux botnet spreads using Log4Shell flaw
By Danny Bradbury published
News The malware uses DNS tunnelling to communicate with its C2 control server

Emotet infrastructure has almost doubled since resurgence was confirmed
By Connor Jones published
News Researchers confirm the infrastructure has also been upgraded for a "better secured", more resilient operation

DOJ extradites Ukrainian man who used a botnet to decrypt login credentials
By Rene Millman published
News The 28-year-old allegedly sold passwords to other criminals on the dark web

What is a botnet?
By Dale Walker last updated
In-depth An in-depth look at the evolution of this highly effective method of cyber crime

Botnet targets vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
By ITPro published
News Cryptocurrency-mining botnet Prometei targeting same flaws as Hafnium attacks
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