This section has all the newest information on botnets, such as new botnets that have been found, strikes on botnets, and ways to protect against them. We go into great depth about how botnets work, how they affect network and data security, and the ways that cybercriminals take advantage of them. Keep up with new dangers and the newest ways to protect yourself from botnet-related risks.
Water Barghest, a sophisticated botnet, exploits vulnerabilities in IoT devices to enlist them in a residential proxy marketplace by leveraging…
Two pro-Russian threat actors launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign against Japanese organizations on October 14, 2024. The campaign…
The Cerberus Android banking trojan, which gained notoriety in 2019 for its ability to target financial and social media apps,…
The newly emerged Gorilla Botnet has exhibited unprecedented activity, launching over 300,000 DDoS attacks against targets in over 100 countries…
The Five Eyes agencies recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing a new botnet, Flax Typhoon, linked to Chinese state-sponsored…
Researchers discovered a large, Chinese state-sponsored IoT botnet, "Raptor Train," that compromised over 200,000 SOHO and IoT devices. Operated by…
The notorious Mirai botnet has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed directory traversal vulnerability in Apache OFBiz. This Java-based framework,…
Malware storage, distribution, and command and control (C2) operations are increasingly being used to leverage cloud services for recent cybersecurity…
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) has detected a formidable new cyber threat. Dubbed LockBit Black, this…
A large botnet-as-a-service network originating from China was discovered, which comprises numerous domains, over 20 active Telegram groups, and utilizes…