A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

A SystemBC proxy malware botnet of more than 1,570 hosts, believed to be corporate victims, has been discovered following an ...

A novel Go-based Linux botnet, dubbed "PumaBot," has been observed targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PumaBot differentiates itself from typical botnets by remotely retrieving a list of ...

A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software. See Also: Airlines and Airports: ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

A global coalition of law enforcement agencies shut down a botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked home and small business routers on Wednesday. The operation targeted SocksEscort, which offered ...

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A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...

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CVE-2024-3721 and CVE-2023-33538 exploited in TBK DVRs and EoL TP-Link routers, enabling Mirai variants and DDoS risk.

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...

Two botnets tracked as ‘Ficora’ and ‘Capsaicin’ have recorded increased activity in targeting D-Link routers that have reached end of life or are running outdated firmware versions. The list of ...