That home router botnet the Feds took down? Moscow's probably going to try again Non-techies told to master firmware upgrades and firewall rules. For the infosec hardheads: have some IOCs Security28 Feb 2024 | 36
Vast botnet hijacks smart TVs for prime-time cybercrime Updated 8-year-old op responsible for DDoS attacks and commandeering broadcasts to push war material Research18 Jan 2024 | 7
Qakbot's backbot: FBI-led takedown keeps crims at bay for just 3 months Experts say malware strain make take years to die off completely Cyber-crime19 Dec 2023 | 2
NKabuse backdoor harnesses blockchain brawn to hit several architectures Novel malware adapts delivers DDoS attacks and provides RAT functionality Research15 Dec 2023 | 3
Mirai malware infects routers and cameras for new botnet Akamai sounds the alarm – won't name the manufacturers yet Cyber-crime23 Nov 2023 | 1
Russian national pleads guilty to building now-dismantled IPStorm proxy botnet 23K nodes earned operator more than $500K – and now perhaps jail time Cyber-crime14 Nov 2023 | 1
Mozi botnet murder mystery: China or criminal operators behind the kill switch? Middle Kingdom or self-immolation - there are a couple of theories Security01 Nov 2023 | 3
Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive With 13 new payloads it's the biggest update to the botnet in months Research10 Oct 2023 |
Qbot malware adapts to live another day … and another … Operators stay ahead of defenders with new access methods and C2 infrastructure Research05 Jun 2023 | 3
HeadCrab bots pinch 1,000+ Redis servers to mine coins We devoting full time to floating under /etc Security04 Feb 2023 | 8
Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems Upgraded threat, time to patch Security22 Dec 2022 | 11
KmsdBot botnet is down after operator sends typo in command Cashdollar: 'It’s not often we get this kind of story in security' Cyber-crime06 Dec 2022 | 31
Google wins lawsuit against alleged Russian botnet herders Judge tells tale of two men, their lawyer, and a 'willful campaign... to mislead the court' Cyber-crime17 Nov 2022 | 7
Notorious Emotet botnet returns after a few months off And it's been sending out hundreds of thousands of malicious emails a day Cyber-crime17 Nov 2022 | 3
Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service Research10 Oct 2022 | 1
US reveals 'Target' pic of Conti man with $10m reward offer Fashion Police chipping in on the bounty related to costliest strain of ransomware on record Security12 Aug 2022 | 6
How cybercrims embrace messaging apps to spread malware, communicate Underground forums are so last year. Telegram, Discord offer better privacy, functionality to criminals, says Intel 471 Security02 Aug 2022 | 5
DataDome looks to CAPTCHA the moment with test of humanity that doesn't hurt As the verification technology weathers ongoing criticism from users, one anti-bot security vendor rolls out its own tool Security21 Jul 2022 | 15
Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers Can't get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool Research18 Jul 2022 | 8
International operation takes down Russian RSOCKS botnet $200 a day buys you 90,000 victims Cyber-crime17 Jun 2022 | 4
EnemyBot malware adds enterprise flaws to exploit arsenal Fast-evolving botnet targets critical VMware, F5 BIG-IP bugs, we're told Research01 Jun 2022 | 2
Vehicle owner data exposed in GM credential-stuffing attack Car maker says miscreants used stolen logins to break into folks' accounts Security25 May 2022 | 29
Microsoft sounds the alarm on – wait for it – a Linux botnet Redmond claims the numbers are scary, but won't release them Security23 May 2022 | 40
Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world Botnet infrastructure shut down last year, now central to a fast-spreading email scam, researchers say Security21 Apr 2022 | 5
Microsoft-led move takes down ZLoader botnet domains That should keep the criminals offline for, well, weeks probably Security14 Apr 2022 | 6
Enemybot botnet uses Gafgyt source code with a sprinkling of Mirai Keksec malware used for DDoS attacks, may spread to cryptomining, Fortinet says Security13 Apr 2022 | 1
Attackers exploit Spring4Shell flaw to let loose the Mirai botnet Trend Micro says vulnerable systems in Singapore have been compromised Security11 Apr 2022 | 3
Feds take down Kremlin-backed Cyclops Blink botnet Control systems scrubbed, hijacked network devices need to be patched and cleaned Security06 Apr 2022 | 3
Cyclops Blink malware sets up shop in ASUS routers Kremlin-backed Sandworm has its VPNFilter replacement, it seems Security18 Mar 2022 | 15
Linux botnet exploits Log4j flaw to hijack Arm, x86 systems On a plus side, their code's not very good Security16 Mar 2022 | 4
Google launches lawsuit against a blockchain-enabled botnet Two Russian men and 15 Does named in Glupteba Enterprise case Legal08 Dec 2021 | 7
Lock up your Office macros: Emotet botnet back from the dead with Trickbot links Nice to have nearly a year off from that malspam threat, but now it's returned Security16 Nov 2021 | 4
Mirai-style IoT botnet is now scanning for router-pwning critical vuln in Realtek kit Researchers warn of Dark.IoT's rapidly evolving nasty Security25 Aug 2021 | 2
Emotet malware self-destructs after cops deliver time-bomb DLL to infected Windows PCs Uninstall code, distributed from backend servers seized in January, fired on Sunday Security26 Apr 2021 | 32
One alleged Dridex money-launderer set for US extradition, beams UK's National Crime Agency They nicked six alleged perps last year but only one was charged Security15 Oct 2020 | 3
Peer-to-peer takes on a whole new meaning when used to spy on 3.7 million or more cameras, other IoT gear DEF CON In-depth dive into protocols exposing countless gadgets to miscreants Security10 Aug 2020 | 29
Networking boffins detect wide abuse of IPv4 addresses bought on secondary market Suggests poorly-regulated address-marts are favorites of folks who want ‘clean’ addresses that give botnets a break Networks21 Jul 2020 | 24
CyberX, CyberX, does whatever a CyberX does. Locks IoT, machines too, Microsoft got it, so will you In Brief Plus: DDoS'er jailed, and more Security29 Jun 2020 | 3
Honeypot behind sold-off IP subnet shows Cyberbunker biz hosted all kinds of filth, says SANS Institute Botnet C2, denial-of-service, phishing – and that's after filtering Security25 Jun 2020 | 7
There are DDoS attacks, then there's this 809 million packet-per-second tsunami Akamai says it just caught Bank on the receiving end of massive 418Gbps traffic barrage Security25 Jun 2020 | 50
Kinda goes without saying, but shore up your admin passwords or be borged by this brute-forcing botnet Publishing platforms, hosts being targeted by Stealthworker malware OSes05 Jun 2020 | 19
Sophos XG firewalls hacked, hotfix ready. Texts wreck Apple iThings. Yup, business as usual in infosec world Roundup Plus Office 2016, 2019 patches – and a barn-load of other security bits and bytes Security26 Apr 2020 | 9
You're a botnet, you've got a zero-day, so where do you go? After fiber, because that's where the bandwidth is Two-step attack seen on core systems Security16 Apr 2020 | 6
Huygens if true: Dutch police break up bulletproof hosting outfit and kill Mirai botnet Cops also Cruyff cloggy couple Security03 Oct 2019 | 23
Newb admits he ran Satori botnet that turned thousands of hacked devices into a 100Gbps+ DDoS-for-hire cannon One moron down, two to go Security05 Sep 2019 | 26
Your server remote login isn't root:password, right? Cool. You can keep your data. Oh sh... your IoT gear, though? Not-quite-Iranian kit-bricking malware emerges as Tehran blamed for rise in cyber-attacks Security27 Jun 2019 | 23
Mirai botnet malware offspring graduates from uni, puts on a suit, slips into your enterprise Isn't that what we all want for our kids, after all? Edge + IoT14 Jun 2019 | 1
Huawei's half-arsed router patching left kit open to botnets: Chinese giant was warned years ago – then bungled it Exclusive ISP alerted biz to UPnP flaw in 2013. Years later, same flaw kept cropping up Security28 Mar 2019 | 26
Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%' Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 Security19 Mar 2019 | 10
Sign of the times: Mirai botnet strain fine-tunes itself to infect digital signage, projectors Notorious code puts on suit and tie, goes after business kit Edge + IoT19 Mar 2019 | 13
FBI warns of SIM-swap scams, IBM finds holes in visitor software, 13-year-old girl charged over JavaScript prank... Roundup Tired: Booth babes. Wired: Floof babes. Expired: Conference hall carpets Security09 Mar 2019 | 53
Team America tries to crash Little Rocket Man's Joanap botnet from within, warns owners of infected boxes Analysis So lonely, so lonely without my hacked PCs Security31 Jan 2019 | 14
Brit hacker hired by Liberian telco to nobble rival now behind bars Bloke binned at Blackfriars for blasting botnet to bork broadband Security14 Jan 2019 | 46
3ve Offline: Countless Windows PCs using 1.7m IP addresses hacked to 'view' up to 12 billion adverts a day Eight people charged after dodgy ads on PornHub used to infect victims Security28 Nov 2018 | 34
Malware scum want to build a Linux botnet using Mirai Hadoop YARN is the attack vector, so lock it away OSes22 Nov 2018 | 14
Spammer scum hack 100,000 home routers via UPnP vulns to craft email-flinging botnet Look out for traffic to and from these IP addresses and ports Security08 Nov 2018 | 22
World's largest CCTV maker leaves at least 9 million cameras open to public viewing Xiongmai's cloud portal opens sneaky backdoor into servers Security09 Oct 2018 | 45
NUUO, do not want! CCTV webcams can be hacked to spy on you Owners told to lock down network access to panned surveillance kit Edge + IoT17 Sep 2018 | 7
IoT search engine ZoomEye 'dumbs down' Dahua DVR hijackings by spewing passwords And noone wants to fix it Edge + IoT16 Jul 2018 | 7
Dr Symantec offers quick and painless checkup for VPNFilter menace on routers Traffic-fiddling malware may have met its match Security02 Jul 2018 | 9
Hot new application for blockchain: How does botnet control sound? BSides Tel Aviv It could happen, warns researcher Security20 Jun 2018 | 24
Not so private eye: Got an Axis network cam? You'll need to patch it, unless you like hackers According to magic people, VDOO people Security18 Jun 2018 | 9