Security News

Mirai and Hajime Locked Into IoT Botnet Battle (Threatpost)

2017-04-21 13:26

A white hat hacker is believed responsible for the Hajime IoT botnet because its main objective appears to be to secure IoT devices vulnerable to the notorious Mirai malware.

#botnet #IOT #mirai #threatpost

Flaws found in Linksys routers that could be used to create a botnet (The Register)

2017-04-20 13:33

#botnet #linksys #router

Vigilante botnet infects IoT devices before blackhats can hijack them (ArsTechnica)

2017-04-19 02:18

#blackhat #botnet #IOT

Spammer’s Arrest Puts End to Kelihos Botnet (Threatpost)

2017-04-11 17:43

Notorious spammer Peter Levashov was arrested over the weekend; Levashov is the alleged botmaster behind the Kelihos botnet.

#arrest #botnet #spammer #threatpost

US disrupts giant botnet used for spam and ransomware (ZDNet)

2017-04-11 12:48

#botnet #ransomware #spam #US

Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet (The Register)

2017-04-11 05:33

#botnet #spammer #spanish #US

U.S. Takes Down Kelihos Botnet After Its Russian Operator Arrested in Spain (The Hackers News)

2017-04-11 00:51

A Russian computer hacker arrested over the weekend in Barcelona was apparently detained for his role in a massive computer botnet, and not for last year's US presidential election hack as...

#botnet #hacker #russian #spain