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.
Cling, an IoT botnet that disguises operator commands as Google STUN replies, blending malicious communications into routine NAT traversal traffic.…
A newly identified Windows botnet dubbed x47.c is marketing a blend of conventional DDoS tooling, credential theft, SOCKS5 proxying, fast-flux…
A multi-stage Android malware campaign that abuses the firmware-update mechanism of Android-based automotive head units to deploy ad-fraud tooling and…
A newly identified Linux botnet dubbed Evooo1Bot is targeting vulnerable internet-facing routers, edge appliances, cameras, and enterprise systems, combining Mirai-derived…
Botnet operators are systematically probing router diagnostic interfaces for OS command injection flaws, chaining default credentials, legacy CGI endpoints, and…
A covert Monero (XMR) cryptomining campaign uncovered in May 2026 is abusing Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) to evade detection,…
Tengu, a newly observed Mirai-derived botnet, is demonstrating how modern IoT malware is rapidly evolving beyond traditional distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…
A rapidly evolving IoT botnet dubbed “Dysphoria” has emerged as a significant global threat, leveraging blockchain-based domain resolution and a…
Hackers are abusing compromised GitHub repositories and GitHub Actions workflows to build a de facto global botnet that scans and…
NadMesh is a new, industrial‑grade Go‑based botnet that weaponizes more than 20 RCE vectors to hijack AI and MCP infrastructure…