SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA Conference 2010 -- For the second time in weeks, a major botnet has been decapitated -- but this time investigators have arrested the alleged operators of the criminal network. A ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Mar. 10, 2010 " Following the worldwide shutdown of the Mariposa botnet last week, Panda Security reported today that the massive botnet had infected 13 million computers in 190 ...

The developer behind one of the world’s largest botnets has been sentenced to five years in prison. Matjaž Škorjanc, a 27 year old who went by the handle Iserdo, was also fined of €4,000 (about $5,500 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities have smashed one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 ...

Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers. The Mariposa botnet, which appears to be one of the world's largest, took ...

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — An FBI official said Friday a two-year-long multinational investigation led them to nab a 23-year-old Slovenian, who allegedly created a malicious ...

ED: Gaps in international cyber law could hamper Mariposa case DEK: The take down of the Mariposa botnet is a cyber law enforcement success story – but gaps in international cyber law could make it ...

The alleged mastermind is a 23-year-old Slovenian whose internet nickname is Iserdo. The FBI said he was arrested in Slovenia after a lengthy investigation by police there, along with FBI and Spanish ...

A botnet is a group of Internet-connected personal computers that have been infected by a malicious application, which allows a hacker to control the infected computers without alerting the computer ...