Internet Relay Chat (IRC) has lost 60 percent of its users, going from 1 million in 2003 to about 400,000 today. And IRC channels? In 2003 there were 500,000; now there is half that number. This is ...

I grew up in the 2000s, so it might be a surprising statement when I say that much of my introduction to the internet, technology, and gaming came from Internet Relay Chat, also known as IRC. As a kid ...

Taking your shoes off at the airport. A lone bag sitting on a park bench. A plane flying a little too low. The faint thought in the back of your mind, now and always, that it could all descend into ...

NBC News has published new documents from the National Security Agency trove provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The latest revelation is that British intelligence agency GCHQ conducted ...

A new Internet Relay Channel (IRC) bot, which is built with the help of the Perl language-based Shellbot, is targeting Windows-based environments, along with Ubuntu Linux and even Android devices, ...

Although kids these days tend to hang out on so-called “Social Media”, Internet Relay Chat (IRC) was first, by decades. IRC is a real-time communication technology that allows people to socialize ...

SSHStalker uses IRC channels and multiple bots to control infected Linux hosts Automated SSH brute-forcing rapidly spreads the botnet through cloud server infrastructures Compilers are downloaded ...

In this article, we will talk about some best free IRC client software for Windows 11/10 computers. Using these software, you can chat with any other IRC client user(s). IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...