Security News

Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords
2024-12-19 13:37

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...

Socks5Systemz Botnet Powers Illegal Proxy Service with 85,000+ Hacked Devices
2024-12-09 10:44

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...

Matrix Botnet Exploits IoT Devices in Widespread DDoS Botnet Campaign
2024-11-27 05:21

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...

Botnet fueling residential proxies disrupted in cybercrime crackdown
2024-11-19 15:34

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. [...]

Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
2024-11-19 14:01

The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen...

Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware
2024-11-15 19:39

A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. [...]

China's Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance
2024-11-13 00:58

Ohm, for flux sake China's Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according...

Volt Typhoon rebuilds malware botnet following FBI disruption
2024-11-12 15:49

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Volt Typhoon has begun to rebuild its "KV-Botnet" malware botnet after it was disrupted by law enforcement in January, according to researchers from...

AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services
2024-11-08 14:02

The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware....

IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet
2024-11-06 12:02

Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically...