That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Fake

The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so. The Animal Kingdom Imagines a World of Humans Turning Into Animals The story in question was published by a Swiss newspaper, Aargauer Zeitung, and claimed that … Read more

Security researchers observed ‘deliberate’ takedown of notorious Mozi botnet

Security researchers say they have observed what they believe is a takedown of the notorious Mozi botnet that infiltrated more than a million Internet of Things devices worldwide. In research shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication on Tuesday, researchers at cybersecurity company ESET say that they witnessed the “sudden demise” of Mozi during an investigation … Read more

How NightOwl for Mac Added a Botnet

Within the early days of macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple hadn’t provided customers a strategy to mechanically change to darkish and lightweight mode at completely different occasions of the day. As ordinary, there have been third-party builders keen to select up the slack. One of many extra well-regarded night time mode apps to repair this … Read more