Is the Bredolab botnet really dead? On Monday, Dutch authorities announced that, working in conjunction with hosting provider LeaseWeb, they'd seized -- and crucially, disconnected from the Internet - ...

The Bredolab botnet has been busted. So said the High Tech Crime Team, part of the National Crime Squad in the Netherlands, on Monday. According to Dutch authorities, "the botnet network used servers ...

Armenian authorities arrested a 27-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of running a large botnet that was dismantled after a unique take-down operation by Dutch law enforcement and computer security ...

Dutch authorities say more arrests related to the Bredolab botnet may occur as investigators continue to examine the business arrangements behind the cybercrime operation. One arrest was made on ...

Despite the recent arrest of the Bredolab mastermind in Armenia, a small portion of Bredolab, has been able to survive, according to the FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab. The lab said it started ...

The criminal charged with running the notorious Bredolab botnet will spend the next four years behind bars. An Armenian court on Tuesday (May 22) sentenced Georg Avanesov, 27, on computer sabotage ...

The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that damaged multiple computer ...

Major takedowns of the Zeus cyber crime ring, spamit.com and the Bredolab botnet have led to a sharp decrease in spam. But while spam levels continue to drop, phishing is on the increase, with attacks ...

Dutch authorities say more arrests related to the Bredolab botnet may occur as investigators continue to examine the business arrangements behind the cybercrime operation. One arrest was made on ...