Zerobot botnet expands to start exploiting Apache flaws
Zerobot, a botnet that infects various Internet of Things (IoT) devices and uses them for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, has been updated…
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This dangerous botnet might have been taken down by a simple typo
A threat actor irretrievably destroyed its own botnet with nothing more than a typo.Cybersecurity firm Akamai spotted the blunder in KmsdBot, a…
Watch out for this Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge botnet extension
If you stumble upon a website asking you to download the latest update for the Adobe Flash Player - maybe think twice, as a new campaign to distribute a…
The Emotet botnet has returned with a venegeance
The dreaded Trojan Emotet is back after a five-month hiatus, kicking off a furious new malware distribution campaign, researchers are warning.Researchers…
A fearsome new botnet is rapidly gaining momentum
An old, infamous trojan has been forked, with the new variant being used to attack Linux SSH servers, experts have warned.However, unlike the original…
This is the most powerful botnet ever seen
Web security experts Cloudflare have recently spotted a new botnet which it claims is probably the most powerful ever seen. Dubbed Mantis, the firm is…
This tiny botnet is launching the most powerful DDoS attacks yet
Getty Images/ Jetta Productions IncContent distribution network (CDN) firm Cloudflare says the botnet behind the biggest distributed denial of service…
CRTC says action on botnet traffic a must to protect Canadians
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) says regulatory action is needed to ensure telecom providers that block botnets…
US disrupts Russian botnet that ‘hacked millions of devices’
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has dismantled the infrastructure of what it described as a Russian botnet consisting of millions of hacked Internet of…
This Linux botnet has found a novel way of spreading to new devices
Image: Getty/Virojt ChangyenchamLinux users need to be watch out of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH keys…