Chameleon Botnet Stealing $6M a Month in Fraudulent Ad Clicks

The Chameleon botnet continues to steal millions of dollars from online advertisers through fraudulent clicks made by malware. First discovered in late February, researchers at British-based Web analytics firm spider.io say more than 120,000 Microsoft Windows machines — the overwhelming majority...

Bamital botnet servers seized by Microsoft and Symantec

Microsoft teamed up with Symantec to take down a nasty malware affecting thousands upon thousands of PCs. Bamital botnet hijacked people's search experiences and redirected victims to potentially dangerous sites that could leave them vulnerable to other online threats and steal their personal...