DDoS attacks don't take much technical expertise to launch these days. Defending against them is more complicated.

Security researchers from the threat research team at Cato Networks have identified a new threat: the IoT botnet “Ballista”. This malware exploits a serious vulnerability in TP-Link Archer routers to ...

In December, the BSI paralyzed the Badbox botnet. Its successor, Badbox 2.0, infected one million IoT devices.

IoT devices can let threat actors access compromised home networks, but they also serve a darker purpose: being weaponized in botnet attacks.

“This suggests an increase in the sophistication level of the campaign by the threat actor. While this malware sample shares similarities with other botnets, it remains distinct from widely used ...

The botnet has been found to target manufacturing, medical/healthcare, services, and technology organizations in the United States, Australia, China, and Mexico. "While this malware sample shares ...

Cato Networks has discovered a new IoT botnet that targets TP-Link Archer routers through the exploitation of a vulnerability discovered two years ago. The botnet has been linked with moderate ...

2,700 compromised devices found in Singapore as part of global botnet campaign 02:13 Min This, after taking part in a multinational operation that uncovered over 2,700 compromised devices locally.

Human Security’s Satori research team says it has found a new variant of the remote-controllable Badbox malware, and as many as a million infected Android devices running it to form a massive botnet.

In brief: Don't look now, but your video recorder might be part of a massive botnet pulling off record-breaking sustained DDoS attacks. The network involves compromised Shenzhen webcams and DVRs.

Badbox, the notorious Android malware botnet, has been disrupted for a third time in 15 months, with over half a million infected machines now sinkholed. A co-ordinated effort led by the bot ...