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BADBOX 2.0 Botnet Infects 1 Million Android Devices for Ad Fraud and Proxy Abuse
2025-03-18 10:01

At least four different threat actors have been identified as involved in an updated version of a massive ad fraud and residential proxy scheme called BADBOX, painting a picture of an...

Unpatched Edimax Camera Flaw Exploited for Mirai Botnet Attacks Since Last Year
2025-03-17 13:12

An unpatched security flaw impacting the Edimax IC-7100 network camera is being exploited by threat actors to deliver Mirat botnet malware variants since at least May 2024. The vulnerability in...

TP-Link Router Botnet
2025-03-14 11:02

There is a new botnet that is infecting TP-Link routers: The botnet can lead to command injection which then makes remote code execution (RCE) possible so that the malware can spread itself across...

Ballista Botnet Exploits Unpatched TP-Link Vulnerability, Targets Over 6,000 Devices
2025-03-11 12:30

Unpatched TP-Link Archer routers have become the target of a new botnet campaign dubbed Ballista, according to new findings from the Cato CTRL team. "The botnet exploits a remote code execution...

Unpatched Edimax IP camera flaw actively exploited in botnet attacks
2025-03-07 18:36

A critical command injection vulnerability impacting the Edimax IC-7100 IP camera is currently being exploited by botnet malware to compromise devices. [...]

The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids
2025-03-07 01:51

Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort Human Security’s Satori research team says it has found a new variant of the...

New Eleven11bot botnet infects 86,000 devices for DDoS attacks
2025-03-04 20:10

A new botnet malware named 'Eleven11bot' has infected over 86,000 IoT devices, primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), to conduct DDoS attacks. [...]

Vo1d Botnet's Peak Surpasses 1.59M Infected Android TVs, Spanning 226 Countries
2025-03-03 05:17

Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, and Thailand have become the targets of a campaign that has infected Android TV devices with a botnet malware dubbed Vo1d. The improved variant of Vo1d...

Week in review: Botnet hits M365 accounts, PoC for Ivanti Endpoint Manager vulnerabilities released
2025-03-02 09:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Massive botnet hits Microsoft 365 accounts A recently discovered botnet of over 130,000...

Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide
2025-02-27 22:49

A new variant of the Vo1d malware botnet has grown to 1,590,299 infected Android TV devices across 226 countries, recruiting devices as part of anonymous proxy server networks. [...]