The federal government and business are teaming up to help limit the adverse affect of botnets, those networks of hijacked personal computers that spew spam and malware. See Also: AI vs. AI: Leveling ...

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The biggest security threats facing the U.S. are ‘botnets,’ wrote associate editor of news and commentary for MIT Technology Review Jamie Condliffe. Botnets are networks of internet-connected devices ...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took part in an operation with Germany and Canada to take down infrastructure used by four major ...

The Department of Commerce and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday released a joint report detailing how the federal government can combat botnets, or networks of infected ...

The Justice Department said the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s (DoDIG) Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) executed seizure warrants targeting multiple U.S.-registered ...

Federal authorities in the United States, working with law enforcement in Canada and Germany, said they disrupted four major IoT-based botnets in a coordinated action announced in mid-March 2026. The ...

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt knows the cyber threat is an amorphous landscape that’s constantly changing, requiring him to always be reevaluating where to direct his most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As we look ahead to 2026, the cybersecurity landscape is approaching a crucial stage where new technologies, changing threat ...