Vasil Dimitrov / Getty Images Botnet mining is the use of malignant software to hijack a device to mine cryptocurrency. Hackers deploy a malware program that carries out the cryptocurrency mining ...

The United States is taking a major victory lap after federal authorities took down what was allegedly the largest zombie "botnet" in the world. A Chinese national, YunHe Wang, was arrested as the ...

Web-connected security cameras were among the many devices hijacked by botnet A US-based man has pleaded guilty to creating a giant botnet that was used to disrupt access to much of the web in ...