A new Internet Relay Channel (IRC) bot, which is built with the help of the Perl language-based Shellbot, is targeting Windows-based environments, along with Ubuntu Linux and even Android devices, ...

The recently discovered Shellshock - or Bash - vulnerability is being actively targeted by malware gangs, who appear to have already claimed more than 700 victims. See Also: Averting the Breach: 5 ...

Reports are emerging that attacks are being performed against SMTP servers using the Shellshock bug. The campaign seeks to create an IRC botnet for DDOS attacks and other purposes. Shellshock emerged ...

A security researcher claims to have uncovered a botnet being built by Romanian hackers using the “Shellshock” exploit against servers on a number of high-profile domains, including servers at Yahoo ...

A new internet relay chat (IRC) bot is building an even larger zombie family that could pose a significant threat to enterprise networks, security researchers said today. The Nirbot family is based on ...