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OMG, that's downright Wicked: Botnet authors twist corpse of Mirai into new threats
2018-06-01 16:04

Infamous IoT menace lives on in its hellspawn Cybercrooks are using the infamous Mirai IoT botnet as a framework to quickly add in new exploits and functionalities, it has emerged.…

The 6 reasons why we've failed to stop botnets
2018-05-31 18:31

A joint report from the Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security says fighting botnets requires industry and government collaboration.

Botnet Operators Team Up To Leverage IcedID, Trickbot Trojans
2018-05-30 20:10

The botnet operators behind two infamous trojans have banded together to gouge victims in a costly scheme.

FBI moves against VPNFilter botnet, claiming Russian involvement and 'national security threat'
2018-05-24 19:06

Warns admins that the malware could be very tough to remove The FBI says it is taking steps to stop the spread of the VPNFilter malware and botnet, warning that it's a national security issue.…

FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers
2018-05-24 10:18

Shortly after Cisco's released its early report on a large-scale hacking campaign that infected over half a million routers and network storage devices worldwide, the United States government...

U.S. Disrupts Russian Botnet of 500,000 Hacked Routers
2018-05-24 02:30

The US Justice Department said Wednesday that it had seized an internet domain that directed a dangerous botnet of a half-million infected home and office network routers, controlled by hackers...

Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers
2018-05-23 16:03

More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet malware, likely designed by Russia-baked...

Brain Food botnet infected 5,000+ websites with malicious PHP scripts in past 4 months
2018-05-23 14:16

The botnet tries to trick users into buying fake diet and brain-boosting pills in order to steal personal info. It does a great job of hiding itself, and it's spreading like wildfire.

Botnets Target Zero-Days in GPON Routers
2018-05-22 12:51

Two unpatched vulnerabilities in Dasan’s Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) routers are being exploited by Internet of Things (IoT) botnets, security researchers warn. read more