How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

Watch WSJ’s Robert McMillan show off the tools needed to protect your tech from malicious software.

A Sneaky Back Door Lets Hackers Into Your Home. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

A few tips can help you steer clear of so-called residential proxy networks, which have been used to wreak havoc online ...
Harvard Business Review

AI Agents Act a Lot Like Malware. Here’s How to Contain the Risks.

AI agents can provide enormous benefits, but they can also behave a lot like malware, acting autonomously and causing harm if ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Linux Flaws, Python Ownage, And A Botnet Shutdown

Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and ...
The Independent

Criminals hijack thousands of devices to create never-before-seen cyber weapon

Criminals have secretly hijacked more than 14,000 devices worldwide in order to carry out attacks that are almost impossible to protect against, security researchers have warned. The majority of ...
The Hacker News

KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that's primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected ...