Internet service providers linked to the notorious Zeus botnet have been taken down, knocking out a third of the command-and-control servers that run the network of hacked machines. Two ISPs, named ...

Law enforcement agencies from around the world took part in a coordinated operation to disrupt the botnet used to spread the malware known as Gameover Zeus and seize computer servers crucial to the ...

Two U.S. government agencies are offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian man suspected of having served as an administrator for the destructive ...

The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for allegedly stealing money from online bank accounts ...

Microsoft won court permission to seize servers Friday that took down a deployment of the Zeus botnet, and it even detailed the corporate structure that enabled using the zombie network to steal cash ...

Swiss authorities have apprehended a Ukrainian national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 12 years for connections with a cyber-criminal group that stole millions of dollars from ...

The RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service, powered by the Anti-Fraud Command Center, found that 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies -- 441 total -- had their systems accessed by the banking Zeus botnet, ...

Suspects charged with stealing more than $9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of stealing the money than they did on securing their ...

Botnets have matured into a disastrous cybercrime phenomenon over the years. These armies of subdued electronic devices account for cyber incidents that range from data theft and click fraud to ...

A computer botnet is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of popular social network Web sites, according Internet security ...