Security Terminology Demystified: The Botnet

Security Terminology Demystified: The Botnet

You are now part of a collective, controlled by an unseen presence and forced to do their bidding … In our comprehensive guide to all the security threats that are out on the market today we listed some of the most virulent and one of these is the botnet. A...
Your Security: demystifying the terminology

Your Security: demystifying the terminology

When it comes to security for your home, you understand exactly how it works. You push a button, alarm goes on, criminal enters your property, loud noise goes off and armed services arrive. It’s simple and something every South African understands as easily as...

Sirefef botnet is taken down

The Sirefef botnet, which has infected almost 2-million computers around the world and siphoned off $2,7-million a month has been taken down. For the third time this year, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has successfully disrupted a dangerous botnet, Richard Domingues...

Symantec takes down major botnet

Symantec claims to have successfully sinkholed a significant part of the ZeroAccess botnet, which has been active since 2011 and is one of the largest known botnets in existence – with upwards of 1,9-million infected computers, generating tens of millions of dollars...