The search warrant targeted a Florida hosting company alleged to have facilitated the botnet activity.

Botnets have proven hard to permanently eradicate in the past, suggesting Europol's success disabling the FluBot malware could be fleeting.

The analysis shows that what was thought of as a straightforward DDoS tool was so much more.

The defendant earned roughly $80,000 from his crimes between 2017 and 2019, prosecutors said.

Recent changes to Microsoft automation capabilities may be forcing cybercrime operators to adapt.

The botnet was being assembled by Russia's foreign intelligence agency, the GRU, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference.

The CyclopsBlink malware is now targeting internet routers from hardware maker ASUS, Trend Micro researchers said.

Botnets are hard to sink, Part Infinity.

But Anne Neuberger said she was less sure about banning ransomware payments.

The episode exemplifies how cybercriminal groups can evolve and, drawing on old hacking tools, haunt U.S. organizations for years to come.