The decision by the operators of the so-called Mevade botnet to use the Tor network for masking their command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure actually backfired. The botnet, which had been in ...

Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It’s likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from ...

Malware writers are increasingly considering the Tor anonymity network as an option for hiding the real location of their command-and-control (C&C) servers, according to researchers from security firm ...

Researchers have found a new theory to explain the sudden spike in computers using the Tor anonymity network: a massive botnet that was recently updated to use Tor to communicate with its mothership.

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet – that’s actively targeting vulnerable D-Link and Internet of Things devices – is the first variant of the malware to rely on Tor communications, researchers say.

A botnet that had confounded researchers by using the Tor anonymizing network has been spotted rearing its ugly head again -- no longer under the cover of Tor, but now back with its original encrypted ...

A new variant of the Mirai botnet has been discovered which utilizes the Tor network to prevent command server takedowns or seizure. Mirai is an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet which has been used in ...

A new DDoS botnet propagates via the Android Debug Bridge and uses Tor to hide its activity. Researchers are warning a new botnet is recycling the Mirai malware framework and is now targeting Android ...

The Tor network is in danger of being swamped by criminals abusing its anonymity to hide an underworld of parasitic botnets, malicious command and control and ‘darknet’ markets, according to research ...

A threat actor targeting exposed Docker APIs has updated its malicious tooling with more dangerous functionality that could lay the foundation for a complex botnet. The activity was first reported in ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=25245735#p25245735:1akn4gqq said: arizvisa[/url]":1akn4gqq]Perhaps the botnet developers are planning on taking ...