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Two botnets tracked as 'Ficora' and 'Capsaicin' have recorded increased activity in targeting D-Link routers that have reached end of life or are running outdated firmware versions. [...]

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a spike in malicious activity that involves roping vulnerable D-Link routers into two different botnets, a Mirai variant dubbed FICORA and a Kaiten (aka...

A new Mirai-based malware campaign is actively exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs. [...]

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. [...]



Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are being targeted as part of a malicious campaign that deploys the Mirai botnet malware. The company...

A malicious botnet called Socks5Systemz is powering a proxy service called PROXY.AM, according to new findings from Bitsight. "Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity...

A threat actor named Matrix has been linked to a widespread distributed denial-of-service (DoD) campaign that leverages vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to...

The Ngioweb botnet, which supplies most of the 35,000 bots in the cybercriminal NSOCKS proxy service, is being disrupted as security companies block traffic to and from the two networks. [...]