IMAGINE it. Zombie computers that are possessed by the spirits of others. Zombie computers that infect new victims in cyberspace. Zombie computers hell-bent on attacking our interests and stealing our ...

Fake “zombie” computer spies are infiltrating zombie networks and recording online exchanges between the networks and their human commanders. The fake zombies are deployed by members of the German ...

Three suspects in a Dutch crime ring hacked 1.5 million computers worldwide, infecting them with a worm to create a "zombie" network of infected computers that stole passwords and credit card data, ...

Microsoft's action, which was done in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Action, a San Francisco-based advocacy group, was part of a call to arms against zombies, ...

Botnet-infected 'zombie' computers are an ever-growing risk, and IT security vendors are taking notice and offering more ways to fight back Data leakage prevention might currently be the hottest IT ...

Authorities in Singapore shut down a large network of around 10,000 robot, or “zombie,” computers this week, after technicians at Norwegian Internet service provider Telenor ASA stumbled on the ...

Home computers with an always-on broadband connection can fairly easily be compromised with a worm or Trojan horse that can turn them into “zombies” – computers that can be used by spammers to ...