Kaspersky Lab has described a bot written entirely in Java which can run on Windows, Mac or Linux. Even the infection method is cross-platform.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed a malicious Java application that turned out to be a cross-platform bot used for DDoS attacks.

A new malicious Java application aimed at fomenting widespread distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks is making the rounds: a multi-platform bot capable of running on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Microsoft readies Python, Java support for its bot-building framework Microsoft may be ready to rev up (again) its conversation as a service strategy, with new additions to its bot-framework toolset.

Researchers have found Java-based malware that is capable of infecting Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. The malware exploits a known flaw in Java 7 u21 and earlier for which Oracle released a ...