What is a spam bot? Speaking generally, bots are computer programs that execute repetitive tasks, and they usually operate over the Internet. A spam bot is a specific type of bot that sends (or helps ...

Researchers at security vendor Checkmarx have uncovered an operation, apparently based in Iraq, that uses malware hosted on the Python repository PyPI to search for files on the victim's device and ...

Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour, new research released Wednesday claimed. California-based Marshal8e6 deliberately infected machines in the lab of its ...