Security News > 2024 > May > Researchers Warn of CatDDoS Botnet and DNSBomb DDoS Attack Technique
2024-05-28 10:15
The threat actors behind the CatDDoS malware botnet have exploited over 80 known security flaws in various software over the past three months to infiltrate vulnerable devices and co-opt them into a botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. "CatDDoS-related gangs' samples have used a large number of known vulnerabilities to deliver samples," the QiAnXin XLab team
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