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New "Raptor Train" IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide
2024-09-18 16:00

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat...

Chinese botnet infects 260,000 SOHO routers, IP cameras with malware
2024-09-18 16:00

The FBI and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted a massive Chinese botnet called "Raptor Train" that infected over 260,000 networking devices to target critical infrastructure in the US and in...

Quad7 Botnet Expands to Target SOHO Routers and VPN Appliances
2024-09-11 16:20

The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security...

Quad7 botnet targets more SOHO and VPN routers, media servers
2024-09-09 21:30

The Quad7 botnet is expanding its targeting scope with the addition of new clusters and custom implants that now also target Zyxel VPN appliances and Ruckus wireless routers. [...]

GeoServer Vulnerability Targeted by Hackers to Deliver Backdoors and Botnet Malware
2024-09-06 15:14

A recently disclosed security flaw in OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools has been exploited as part of multiple campaigns to deliver cryptocurrency miners, botnet malware such as Condi and JenX, and a known...

Check your IP cameras: There's a new Mirai botnet on the rise
2024-08-31 18:22

Also, US offering $2.5M for Belarusian hacker, Backpage kingpins jailed, additional MOVEit victims, and more in brief A series of IP cameras still used all over the world, despite being well past...

Unpatched AVTECH IP Camera Flaw Exploited by Hackers for Botnet Attacks
2024-08-29 11:05

A years-old high-severity flaw impacting AVTECH IP cameras has been weaponized by malicious actors as a zero-day to rope them into a botnet. CVE-2024-7029 (CVSS score: 8.7), the vulnerability in...

New Gafgyt Botnet Variant Targets Weak SSH Passwords for GPU Crypto Mining
2024-08-15 05:12

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet that's targeting machines with weak SSH passwords to ultimately mine cryptocurrency on compromised instances using their GPU computational power. The infected devices are corralled into a botnet capable of launching distributed denial-of-service attacks against targets of interest.

Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal
2024-08-02 10:52

The SANS Internet Storm Center published a report showing how the open-source ERP framework OFBiz is currently the target of new varieties of the Mirai botnet. The update fixed a directory traversal vulnerability that could lead to remote command execution.

New Golang-Based Zergeca Botnet Capable of Powerful DDoS Attacks
2024-07-05 03:52

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new botnet called Zergeca that's capable of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Written in Golang, the botnet is so named for its...