One of the world’s largest botnets that was responsible for multiple scams and infected over nine million computers, has been taken down
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French Cyber Police Takedown Paris-based Botnet
C3N cybercrime unit, along with the FBI and Avast, take down French botnet that infected 850,000 computers
More Than 25,000 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers Found Leaking Sensitive Data
The issue appears to be due to an incomplete patch for a known issue dating from 2014
New Mirai Variant Targets Enterprise Networks
Researchers warn businesses to be vigilant as notorious IoT botnet looks to take over enterprise devices
Gozi Banking Malware Returns, Backed By ‘Dark Cloud’ Botnet
The infamous Gozi banking Trojan is being used in targeted attacks deployed over surprisingly sophisticated botnet infrastructure, finds Cisco
Fast-Spreading Botnet Infects Android Gadgets For Crypto-Mining
A botnet that surfaced over the weekend spread to thousands of smartphones and set-top boxes in the first hours of its existence
Satori Botnet Wakes Up And Enlists 263,000 Bots
Variant of the more infamous Mirai malware starting to propagate very quickly, researchers warn
Gamarue Botnet Disrupted In Global Operation
Law enforcement agencies around the world close down long-running botnets powered by Gamarue malware
Mirai-Like IoT Botnet ‘Has Already Hacked Millions Of Devices’
The Reaper botnet is expanding more aggressively than Mirai did and has the potential to cause more disruption, researchers say
Spambot Contains 711 Million Email Addresses
Huge data breach. Misconfigured spambot reveals 700m email addresses and number of passwords
IBM: Targeted Spam Malware Sticks To Working Hours
Malware spam is targeting organisations by closely following European and US work patterns, finds new research from IBM X-Force
Botnets Target FCC Website Over Net Neutrality, Researchers Say
Researchers claim bots are spamming US regulator website over net neutrality rule change proposal
Persirai Botnet Targets Internet-Connected Cameras
Following Mirai, the Persirai botnet is the latest to take over connected devices and use them to launch denial-of-service attacks
BrickerBot Malware ‘Disables Two Million Devices’
A malware family aimed at ‘bricking’ devices before they can be infected by Mirai has allegedly rendered millions of vulnerable devices useless
US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest
Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet’s biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain
Mirai Botnet Starts Mining For Bitcoins In New Twist
Researchers discover a new strain of the notorious Mirai botnet which goes bitcoin hunting
Mirai Botnet Hits US College With Massive 54 Hour Attack
Mirai returns (or at least a variant of it) warns researchers at Imperva Incapsula who witnessed the attack
Necurs Botnet Targets Users With Old-School Stock Scam
Getting emails about a once-in-a-lifetime stock opportunity? It’s probably too good to be true
Imeij Botnet Malware Targets IoT Cameras
The Imeij malware exploits a bug in AVTech video surveillance equipment first disclosed last year, but never patched by the Taiwanese vendor
Sophos: IoT Malware Growing More Sophisticated
The malware targeting connected devices is using increasingly complex techniques, Sophos has found
Hacker Takes Over 150,000 Exposed Printers
Mystery messages warn users to secure their network-connected printers
Journalist Brian Krebs ‘Unmasks’ Mirai Botnet Developer
The IoT botnet code was used to power an attack that knocked Twitter and Netflix offline last year
Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers
The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of them being Talk Talk routers.
Siemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking Bug
The vulnerability could allow network-based attackers to take control of IP-based CCTV cameras
Developer Pulls Anti-Mirai IoT Worm After Backlash
The ‘anti-worm worm’ was intended as a proof of concept, but experts warned of further security risk
Hacker Releases IoT Botnet Source Code
The ‘Mirai’ family of botnets hijacks Internet-connected devices and uses them to launch large-scale attacks
Security Researchers Discover First Twitter-Controlled Botnet
Twitoor, uncovered by ESET, can plague Android devices with malicious malware
LizardStresser Webcam Botnet Strikes Brazil And US With IoT Attacks
Large financial institutions and gaming companies are amongst those hit by the latest IoT botnet attacks
Giant CCTV Camera Botnet Highlights IoT Security Threats
A botnet made up of more than 25,000 hacked security cameras spread around the world is being used to launch DDoS attacks, researchers say
Skype Spam Installs Trojan Horse
The ongoing malware campaign uses a simple social-engineering trick to draw target systems into a botnet