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 ...

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 ...

Two separate Mirai botnet campaigns are exploiting a critical flaw in a somewhat unlikely target. The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team recently observed exploitation of CVE-2025-24016, a ...

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 ...