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Will IoT botnets catapult the industry toward security regulation in 2018?
2017-12-11 13:16

Attackers demonstrated the power of an IoT-fueled botnet in 2016 when the Mirai botnet took down major websites like Reddit, Twitter and GitHub. Despite the damages, no significant changes to the...

IoT Botnet Used in Website Hacking Attacks
2017-12-09 13:36

Embedded Malware Launches SOCKS Proxy Server on Infected IoT Devices read more

Andromeda botnet dismantled in international cyber operation
2017-12-04 21:49

On 29 November 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in close cooperation with the Luneburg Central Criminal Investigation Inspectorate in Germany, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre...

Feds Shut Down 'Longest-Running' Andromeda Botnet
2017-12-04 18:03

In a coordinated International cyber operation, Europol with the help of international law enforcement agencies has taken down what it called "one of the longest-running malware families in...

Authorities Take Down Andromeda Botnet
2017-12-04 17:20

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement agencies in Europe managed to dismantle the Andromeda botnet last week. read more

IoT, Android Botnets Emerge as Powerful DDoS Tools: Akamai
2017-11-28 22:17

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks observed during the third quarter employed familiar vectors, but a newcomer that made headlines for abusing Android devices is expected to evolve, a...

New Mirai Botnet Variant Found Targeting ZyXEL Devices In Argentina
2017-11-28 06:24

While tracking botnet activity on their honeypot traffic, security researchers at Chinese IT security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered a new variant of Mirai—the well known IoT botnet malware that...

World's Biggest Botnet Just Sent 12.5 Million Emails With Scarab Ransomware
2017-11-27 02:37

A massive malicious email campaign that stems from the world's largest spam botnet Necurs is spreading a new strain of ransomware at the rate of over 2 million emails per hour and hitting...

Creating ATM Botnets Not Difficult, Researchers Say
2017-11-13 15:21

ATMs Are Not Immune to Supply Chain Attacks and Other Digital Threats read more

Researchers Downplay Size of Reaper IoT Botnet
2017-10-30 12:55

The Mirai-like "Reaper" botnet that began infecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in late September has only ensnared up to 20,000 bots so far, according to estimates from Arbor Networks. read more