Win32/Sality is a family of malware that has been using a peer-to-peer botnet since at least 2003. It is a file infector and a trojan downloader, the latter of which is mainly used to send spam, ...

A threat actor is infecting industrial control systems (ICS) to create a botnet through password "cracking" software for programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Advertised on various social media ...

A botnet that was slowly shrinking has taken on a new trick: brute-forcing routers set to easy-to-guess credentials. The malware behind the botnet, called Sality, has been around since 2003, in part ...

Redundant botnets were responsible for 35% of recognized attacks in March, according to data collected by Check Point. It said that Conficker was the most prominent family with 20% of the recognized ...

GLENDALE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2009 " PandaLabs, Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory, discovered a significant increase in the number of computers infected with the Sality.AO virus ...

A team of researchers examined the resiliency of peer-to-peer botnets and mitigation tactics that could help with takedowns. The FBI, Justice Department and technology companies have had success ...

A January 2014 Threat Radar Report by international antivirus (AV) firm ESET has signalled that this country is being affected by “two predominant viruses [continuing] to infest Sri Lanka’s cyberspace ...

A method that anyone can use to hijack a massive multipurpose botnet called Sality was described in detail on a public mailing list on Tuesday. Sality is a file-infecting virus that has been around ...

Users should be cautious of a new virus variant that leverages the old technique of file infection with the modern-day desire for financial gain, security researchers have warned. Users should be ...

A botnet that was slowly shrinking has taken on a new trick: brute-forcing routers set to easy-to-guess credentials. The malware behind the botnet, called Sality, has been around since 2003, in part ...