Security News

Mysterious Hajime botnet has pwned 300,000 IoT devices (The Register)
2017-04-27 16:33

Hajime ‘Vigilante Botnet’ Growing Rapidly; Hijacks 300,000 IoT Devices Worldwide (The Hackers News)
2017-04-27 01:48

Last week, we reported about a so-called 'vigilante hacker' who hacked into at least 10,000 vulnerable 'Internet of Things' devices, such as home routers and Internet-connected cameras, using a...

A mysterious botnet has hijacked 300,000 devices, but nobody knows why (ZDNet)
2017-04-26 23:18

Mysterious Hajime Botnet Grows to 300,000 IoT Devices: Kaspersky (SecurityWeek)
2017-04-26 16:48

FalseGuide malware dupes 600,000 Android users into joining botnet (ZDNet)
2017-04-25 12:47

BrickerBot, the permanent denial-of-service botnet, is back with a vengeance (ArsTechnica)
2017-04-24 21:18

Locky Ransomware Roars Back to Life Via Necurs Botnet (Threatpost)
2017-04-24 18:53

The first large scale Locky campaign in months has been detected via the Necurs botnet.

Locky ransomware makes a comeback, courtesy of Necurs botnet (Help Net Security)
2017-04-24 18:17

The Necurs botnet has, once again, begun pushing Locky ransomware on unsuspecting victims. The botnet, which flip-flops from sending penny stock pump-and-dump emails to booby-trapped files that...

Kelihos Botnet Author Indicted in U.S. (SecurityWeek)
2017-04-24 17:02

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.