Google and the FBI Target Massive Botnet That Quietly Used Home Devices to Mask Cybercrime ...

The FBI warned on June 5 that malware known as BADBOX 2.0 has quietly recruited millions of consumer Android devices into a ...

In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor ...

A new wave of pharmacy, penny stock, and e-card spam emails are being sent by an Android botnet, according to security researchers from Microsoft and antivirus firm Sophos. Terry Zink, program manager ...

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. Researchers from BitSight ...

The Popa botnet reportedly turns millions of cheap Android TV boxes into residential proxies, routing strangers' traffic through your home Wi-Fi.

An Android Trojan program that’s behind one of the longest running multipurpose mobile botnets has been updated to become stealthier and more resilient. The botnet is mainly used for instant message ...

Google has denied claims that handsets running its Android mobile operating system have been infected with a virus that causes them to generate spam messages. On Tuesday (July 3), Microsoft researcher ...

Researchers have designated a new botnet on the scene — initially suspected to be a part of the Toxic banking Trojan family — as a whole new spinoff strain with its own moniker, ToxicPanda. The ...

Security vendor Cloudmark says this is the first time it has detected a botnet that abuses other people's phones to send spam In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through ...

The Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large, Scale, Attacks reporting notes that these devices are typically deployed in residential network environments, which means the botnet ...