Since at least May 2021, stealthy Linux malware called AVrecon was used to infect over 70,000 Linux-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers and add them to a botnet designed to steal bandwidth ...
Botnets are one of the key drivers of cyberattacks, used to distribute malware, ransomware and other malicious payloads – and dark web forums are now offering lessons on how to make money from them, a ...
A high-severity vulnerability plaguing old Cisco routers is being used to build a malicious, global botnet, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers Sekoia published an in-depth report on the ...
Security experts are warning that an escalating series of online attacks designed to break into poorly-secured WordPress blogs is fueling the growth of an unusually powerful botnet currently made up ...
A new Mirai botnet variant tracked as ‘V3G4’ targets 13 vulnerabilities in Linux-based servers and IoT devices to use in DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. The malware spreads by ...
How long does it take to build a botnet? Not long, if you consider Anarchy's 18,000-device-strong creation, brought to life in only 24 hours. The security teams realized there has been a huge recent ...
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A full 39 percent of Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers on Steam were found to be malicious. A proprietor of a Counter-Strike gaming server promotion service has used multiple zero-days in the ...
Security experts are warning that an escalating series of online attacks designed to break into poorly-secured WordPress blogs is fueling the growth of an unusually powerful botnet currently made up ...