Watch out, your office phone could be hijacked into a Mirai botnet
A vulnerability in Mitel phones is being abused once again Hackers are using the bug to deploy a variant of Mirai and run ...
Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices
A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the ...
Critical Password Warning—2.8 Million Devices Used In New Hack Attack
Millions of compromised devices are being employed daily in this ongoing brute force password hacking campaign. Here’s what ...
The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes
Last week, security company Trend Micro said it also found an IoT botnet. The botnet, which is driven by variants of Mirai and a similar malware family known as Bashlite, has been delivering ...
2.8 million IP addresses being used in brute force attack on VPNs
VPNs are being targeted in a mass-scale, brute force password attack that has seen almost 2.8 million IP addresses being used. Hackers have been attempting to access a wide range of networking devices ...
IoT’s botnet problem is up 500% – three things admins must do now
Botnet activity on connected devices is up 500% thanks to default passwords, outdated software, and inadequate security ...
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New Mirai botnet fires off DDoS attacks via compromised Mitel phones, notifies command & control when detected
Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's ...
New Aquabotv3 botnet malware targets Mitel command injection flaw
A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet malware Aquabot has been observed actively exploiting CVE-2024-41710, a command ...
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Suspected botnet targets edge devices using brute force attacks
Security researchers warned about a surge in web login brute force attacks against edge devices from a suspected botnet since mid-to-late January, according to a post on X from the Shadowserver ...
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New Aquabot Botnet Exploits CVE-2024-41710 in Mitel Phones for DDoS Attacks
Aquabot botnet exploits CVE-2024-41710 in Mitel phones, using a public PoC to deploy DDoS malware since January 2025.
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Aquabot Botnet Targeting Vulnerable Mitel Phones
The Mirai-based Aquabot botnet has been targeting a vulnerability in Mitel SIP phones for which a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit exists.