A man accused of a series of cybercrime offences, including creating and selling malware, has appeared in court. Alex Bessell faces 11 charges including infecting and controlling more than 9,000…
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Russian bot-herder and election-fiddling suspect closer to US trial
It’s an international tug-of-war: Russia also wants to extradite Peter Levashov By Richard Chirgwin The 36-year-old Russian accused of herding pump-and-dump spambots will be tried in America, following a decision…
Next-gen IoT botnet Hajime nearly 300K strong
Impact could rival Mirai if it ever gets used. By Tim Greene The Hajime botnet is nearly 300,000 strong, making it a latent threat nearly as powerful as the notorious…
Interpol unplugs nearly 9,000 Asian command and control networks
WordPress plug-in bug exploited in eight countries By Richard Chirgwin An Interpol investigation has revealed a worrying degree of insecurity in south-east Asian countries, with even government-operated web servers infected…
'Benign' worm seeks out vulnerable smart devices
A “benign” worm is scouring the net seeking out poorly protected smart gadgets. CCTV systems, routers, digital video recorders and other internet-of-things (IoT) devices are now believed to be harbouring…