A Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet tracked as Beastmode (aka B3astmode) has updated its list of exploits to include several new ones, three of them targeting various models of ...

Researchers saw several IoT botnets using one of the bugs in the wild after a proof-of-concept was published in March. The Mootbot botnet has been using a pair of zero-day exploits to compromise ...

A stealthy Linux malware called AVrecon has been infecting over 70,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers, creating a botnet primarily aimed at stealing bandwidth and operating as a hidden ...

Cloudflare mitigated a major attack on a telco which broke all previous records.

A variant of the Mirai botnet, called Ttint, has added espionage capabilities to complement its denial-of-service functions. Two former Tenda router zero-days are anchoring the spread of a Mirai-based ...

The botnet’s preferred targets include Four-Faith and Neterbit routers or smart home devices. Experts from VulnCheck reported at the end of December that a vulnerability in Four-Faith industrial ...

Botnet Attack Targeted Routers: A Wake-Up Call for Securing Remote Employees’ Hardware Your email has been sent The FBI spotted this state-sponsored attack that highlights how home office setups can ...

When thinking about computer security, you probably consider your PC and phone first and foremost. But there’s a lot of hardware between you and the nebulous malefactors of the internet, and it’s ...

The Internet of Things is creating serious new security risks. We examine the possibilities and the dangers. Read now A newly discovered botnet contains code that can wipe all data from infected ...

Miscreants are actively exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities to wrangle routers and video recorders into a hostile botnet used in distributed denial-of-service attacks, researchers from ...