Security researchers observe new botnet-building campaign called Murdoc Its attacks are targeting IP cameras and routers More than 1,000 devices have been identified as compromised Cybersecurity ...

The same day, security company Qualys published research detailing a "large-scale, ongoing operation" dubbed the Murdoc Botnet. It exploits vulnerabilities to install a Mirai variant, primarily on ...

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A significant botnet campaign leveraging a new variant of the infamous Mirai malware, dubbed Murdoc_Botnet, has been observed targeting AVTECH cameras and Huawei HG532 routers, exploiting known ...

The devices conducting these attacks are mostly MikroTik, Huawei, Cisco, Boa, and ZTE routers and IoTs, which are commonly compromised by large malware botnets. In a statement to BleepingComputer ...

The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based botnet with 13,000 compromised devices. The UDP-based attack occurred ...

A new variant of the Mirai malware has been observed exploiting vulnerabilities in Avtech cameras and Huawei routers to ensnare the devices into a botnet, security firm Qualys reports. Dubbed Murdoc ...

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new large-scale campaign that exploits security flaws in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to rope the devices into a Mirai botnet variant dubbed ...

With every Botnet Threat Update we publish, the same networks consistently appear in the Top 20 for hosting botnet command and control (C&C) servers. But why does this keep happening? In this Botnet ...

Botnet Unleashes Record-Breaking 5.6Tbps DDoS Attack Cloudflare says the attack against an East Asian ISP came from 13,000 devices infected with a variant of the notorious Mirai malware. By ...