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Two recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) devices are being exploited to deploy the infamous Mirai botnet. That's according to findings from Juniper Threat Labs, which...
A never-before-seen botnet called Goldoon has been observed targeting D-Link routers with a nearly decade-old critical security flaw with the goal of using the compromised devices for further...
The U.S. Justice Department charged Moldovan national Alexander Lefterov, the owner and operator of a large-scale botnet that infected thousands of computers across the United States. Infected computers could also be accessed directly using a hidden virtual network computing server without the owners' knowledge.
At least six distinct botnet malware operations are hunting for TP-Link Archer AX21 routers vulnerable to a command injection security issue reported and addressed last year. Yesterday, Fortinet issued another warning saying that it observed a surge in the malicious activity exploiting the vulnerability, noting that it originated from six botnet operations.
A Romanian botnet group named 'RUBYCARP' is leveraging known vulnerabilities and performing brute force attacks to breach corporate networks and compromise servers for financial gain. According to a new report by Sysdig, RUBYCARP currently operates a botnet managed via private IRC channels comprising over 600 compromised servers.
A threat group of suspected Romanian origin called RUBYCARP has been observed maintaining a long-running botnet for carrying out crypto mining, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and phishing...
A botnet previously considered to be rendered inert has been observed enslaving end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices to fuel a criminal proxy service called...
Authorities from eleven nations have delivered a sequel to the January takedown of a botnet run by Russia on compromised Ubiquiti Edge OS routers - in the form of a warning that Russia may try again, so owners of the devices should take precautions. Moobot allowed GRU and its minions to install and run scripts to build a 1,000-strong botnet, which it used for power phishing, spying, credential harvesting, and data theft.
In January 2024, an operation dismantled a network of hundreds of SOHO routers controlled by GRU Military Unit 26165, also known as APT 28, Sofacy Group, Forest Blizzard, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, and Sednit. The Department's court-authorized operation leveraged the Moobot malware to copy and delete stolen and malicious data and files from compromised routers.
The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to...