A stealthy botnet that has infected computers in nearly 100 different countries is silently stealing cryptocurrency from its victims. From November 2020 to November 2021 it hijacked nearly $500,000.

The botnet is able to enslave devices to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, launch payloads, steal data, and execute system commands. If routers are infected, this could lead to ...

The attack was measured at 6.3 terabits of data per second (Tbps) – roughly 10 times the size of the notorious Mirai botnet that caused massive disruption throughout the world in 2016.

National Security Inside the investigation into a giant Chinese botnet October 1, 20245:10 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Jenna McLaughlin ...

The researchers discovered the botnet by searching the platform for the tell-tale phrase “As an AI language model …”, a response that ChatGPT sometimes uses for prompts on sensitive subjects.

Referred to by cybersecurity researchers as the Quad7 botnet, the hacking gang has been targeting Zyxel VPN appliances, Axentra media servers, and Ruckus wireless routers with custom malware.