A fast-evolving botnet discovered earlier this year that initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as home routers and DVRs is now taking aim at NoSQL database servers. The Hide 'N Seek ...

Significant developments have emerged in the Androxgh0st botnet, revealing its strategic expansion and integration with elements from the Mozi botnet. CloudSEK’s Threat Research team today published a ...

Cyber criminals are exploiting IoT devices in homes to create a botnet called BADBOX 2.0, enabling illegal online activities. Most compromised devices are manufactured in China and become infected ...

A number of botnets are pummeling a nearly year-old command-injection vulnerability in TP-Link routers to compromise the devices for IoT-driven distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. There ...

In September 2024, the cybersecurity world was rocked by revelations about a massive botnet dubbed "Raptor Train." Black Lotus Labs published a detailed technical analysis, while FBI Director ...

With the abundance of Internet of Things (IoT) devices comes the proliferation of malware designed to exploit them. This is, of course, inevitable and, for the most part, there’s very little anyone ...

FortiGuard Labs, the research arm of security firm Fortinet, has uncovered a significant evolution in the IZ1H9 Mirai-based DDoS campaign. Discovered in September and described in an advisory ...

Number of IoT devices (bots) engaged in botnet-driven DDoS attacks rose from around 200,000 a year ago to approximately 1 million devices This sharp increase, also supplemented by the increased use of ...

A new Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to ...

Microsoft says the attack, sourced from more than 500,000 compromised IPs, exposes deep weaknesses in home IoT and raises questions about enterprise DDoS readiness. Azure has blocked its largest DDoS ...