Cybercrime: 'World's largest botnet' seized in Federal bust, Chinese national arrested. Details hereAmid the US federal government's persistent efforts to curb global cybercrime, a Chinese national has been recently arrested in connection ...
30 May, 2024, 10.07 PM IST
Microsoft disrupts botnet Necurs; 14% of all infected IPs were from IndiaThe coordinated legal and technical steps led to the disruption which is the result of eight years action and will ensure the criminals are...
12 Mar, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
Sarkari bot tool takes global malware to the cleanersSince the launch of the Cyber Swachhta Kendra or the Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre last year, there has been a 51% decrease i...
31 Jan, 2018, 12.40 AM IST
India's cyberspace intelligence agency to be functional from JuneSector specific computer emergency response teams (CERT) for industries such as power, communications etc, will also be created, Ravi Shank...
22 Feb, 2017, 01.36 AM IST
Botnet centre set for launch, to monitor virus-hit devicesCERT-In, the national agency that keeps tabs on cyberattacks, has been working since last year on setting up the Rs 100 crore malware analy...
19 Dec, 2016, 12.14 AM IST
Government set to clean up digital network with botnet cleaning centreGovernment plans to ensure cleanliness in the online world with a ‘Digital Swachhata Kendra’ for analysis of malware and botnets.
21 Dec, 2015, 04.31 AM IST
Government facility in 3 months to clean malware from mobiles, PCsGovernment is setting up a centre that will detect malicious programmes like 'botnets' and help device owners remove such harmful softwares...
24 May, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Over 42 lakh Indian computers infected with botnet malwareOver 42 lakh computer systems, including mobile phones, were infected in India by June last year with 'botnet' malware.
19 Mar, 2014, 08.31 PM IST
Indian scientists develop software to catch computer botnetsResearchers wrote that millions of computers across the globe are infected with malware, despite the best efforts of public awareness campa...
05 Feb, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
- Hackers fight rivals, FBI to control hijacked networks
Botnets, which secretly control almost one-fifth of all home computers, have become a hotly contested terrain in the cyber-underground.
11 Jun, 2011, 06.12 PM IST
- Cyber criminals scout for ‘botnets’ to spread virus
The country’s cyber criminals are increasingly looking at creating botnets, network of computers aimed at attacking and ‘capturing’ PCs, to...
15 Oct, 2010, 01.11 AM IST
- Cybercriminals in India creating botnets to capture PCs
Cybercriminals in India are increasingly looking at creating botnets, network of computers aimed at attacking and 'capturing' PCs to spread...
14 Oct, 2010, 02.54 PM IST
- Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee
McAfee said it expected to see increased threats to banking security and a rise in the use of "botnets,".
31 Dec, 2009, 04.17 AM IST
- 90 pc of emails received worldwide are spam
A recent survey has found that 90 per cent of the emails sent to a person's inbox are usually spam.
17 Dec, 2008, 04.44 PM IST
- About 90 pc of all email is spam: Cisco
Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, acco...
16 Dec, 2008, 09.58 AM IST
- Watchdogs set up 'honey pots' to trap hackers
The number of zombies out there lurking on desktops is growing. And to fight them, a band of internet security experts is using a ‘neighbou...
17 Oct, 2008, 02.41 AM IST
- Top five cyber threats in 2008
The cyberspace is teeming with varied threats; here are the top five threats you need to guard against.
04 Feb, 2008, 10.05 AM IST