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New Aquabot Botnet Exploits CVE-2024-41710 in Mitel Phones for DDoS Attacks
2025-01-30 06:41

A Mirai botnet variant dubbed Aquabot has been observed actively attempting to exploit a medium-severity security flaw impacting Mitel phones in order to ensnare them into a network capable of...

New Aquabotv3 botnet malware targets Mitel command injection flaw
2025-01-30 00:55

A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet malware Aquabot has been observed actively exploiting CVE-2024-41710, a command injection vulnerability in Mitel SIP phones. [...]

Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet
2025-01-29 15:32

And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy A new variant of the Mirai-based malware Aquabot is actively exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel phones to build a remote-controlled botnet,...

Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date
2025-01-22 14:54

Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. The Murdoc botnet Qualys researchers have laid bare...

Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet
2025-01-22 13:53

Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed...

Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices
2025-01-22 06:19

Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to...

13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks
2025-01-21 12:46

A global network of about 13,000 hijacked Mikrotik routers has been employed as a botnet to propagate malware via spam campaigns, the latest addition to a list of botnets powered by MikroTik...

MikroTik botnet uses misconfigured SPF DNS records to spread malware
2025-01-15 20:04

A newly discovered botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices uses a misconfiguration in domain name server records to bypass email protections and deliver malware by spoofing roughly 20,000 web domains. [...]

Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks
2025-01-08 10:29

A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed...

New Mirai botnet targets industrial routers with zero-day exploits
2025-01-07 20:44

A relatively new Mirai-based botnet has been growing in sophistication and is now leveraging zero-day exploits for security flaws in industrial routers and smart home devices. [...]