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. It’s the holy grail of malware: A truly cross-platform ...

Pity today's cybercriminal. Sure, attackers can get by focusing on Windows -- but with the increasing market share of Mac OS X and the proliferation of smartphones, one operating system platform just ...

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

Two years ago at its Build developer conference, Microsoft made a big push for its bot development tools and the idea of "conversation as a service." Since then, things have gone a bit quiet. But it ...