Botnet
Zerobot is the next big botnet-for-hire. Enterprise IoT devices don’t stand a chance
Zerobot is a self-perpetuating botnet. Its primary function is to reproduce itself, moving through vulnerable hosts to transform them into…
Russian botnet that compromised millions of devices dismantled by FBI
A Russian botnet which hacked millions of connected devices around the world has been dismantled in an international sting led…
FBI takedown of Cyclops Blink botnet suggests aggressive new stance
The US Department of Justice yesterday announced that it has disrupted a botnet operated by a group linked to Russia's…
This Investigation Chased the Bitcoin Transactions of a Sextortion Campaign
A new report published today traces a bitcoin haul "earned" from a global sextortion scam, delivered by botnet, for the…
New Mirai Malware Strain Emerges, Scans for 71 Unique Exploits
A new variant of the ubiquitous Mirai malware trawls the internet for a huge 71 unique exploits, including 13 new…
Bots Using Credential Stuffing to Launch Billions of Attacks
May to June this year saw a 30 percent increase in worldwide malicious login attempts. This amounts to 8.3 billion…
Top 10 Malware Families in 2018: Botnet Analysis
Kaspersky Lab has found a growing demand for malware that is flexible enough to perform almost any task, while downloads…
New Mirai Botnet Breed Taps Aboriginal Linux to Spawn Across Devices
Security researchers at the California-headquartered company Symantec have identified a virulent new strain of the Mirai botnet, which is making…
Malicious botnets responsible for 40% of global login attempts
In the fourth quarter of 2017, a spike in the use of botnets for credential abuse was noted as 7.3…
Internet killing botnet could control a million devices
A botnet named IoT_reaper has formed and already infected in excess of a million internet of things (IoT) devices including…