Botnet activity on connected devices is up 500% thanks to default passwords, outdated software, and inadequate security ...

AI-driven attacks, data extortion, and cloud vulnerabilities demand a shift from reactive defense to proactive cybersecurity ...

Black Basta’s tactics have evolved from basic malware and business email compromise to sophisticated spear-phishing via Teams and Skype and the use of botnets like DarkGate and ZBot. While the ...

But I mean, you've had nearly four years to patch One of the critical security flaws exploited by China's Salt Typhoon to breach US telecom and government networks has had a patch available for nearly ...

A newly discovered botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices uses a misconfiguration in domain name server records to bypass email protections and deliver malware by spoofing roughly 20,000 web domains.

The Mirai botnet is expanding, and unknown attackers are currently compromising certain Zyxel routers and Mitel telephony devices. Security patches have been available for affected Mitel devices ...

A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet malware Aquabot has been observed actively exploiting CVE-2024-41710, a command injection vulnerability in Mitel SIP phones. The activity was discovered by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Infoblox researchers have discovered a large-scale botnet operation that turns misconfigured routers into zombie botnets, with at least 13,000 compromised routers acting as proxies for the malware.

There has always been some level of overlap between these two groups, but it has become more pronounced in recent years. On Tuesday, the Google-owned Mandiant security firm said the uptick comes amid ...