The suspect "is ​recognized ​as ​a ​leading ​expert ​in ​malware ​development ​and ​reverse engineering, ​network ​security, ​and ​antivirus ​technology," researchers wrote.

First launched in 2011, Andromeda was detected on an average of one million machines every month in the last six months.

Krasimir Nikolov is the first person charged in connection with the massive Avalanche cybercrime network brought down earlier this month. The arrest and successful extradition of Nikolov…

The emergence of cybercrime as a global phenomenon is causing the FBI and Justice Department to increasingly rely on international law enforcement collaboration, legal treaties and informal…

Foreign hackers involved in a multinational cybercrime network known as Avalanche were able to infect roughly 20,000 U.S.-based computers before being arrested last week by European authorities,…