Outlook add-in phishing, Chrome and Apple zero-days, BeyondTrust RCE, cloud botnets, AI-driven threats, ransomware activity, ...

Time and again, hackers infect other people’s computers as well as routers or other network devices in order to misuse them for their botnet. What’s a botnet, you ask? Simply put, it’s a collection of ...

For the past week, domains associated with the massive Aisuru botnet have repeatedly usurped Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft in Cloudflare’s public ranking of the most frequently requested ...

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

Researchers have stumbled upon a massive MAGA botnet of hundreds of accounts on Elon Musk’s social media platform and right-wing echo chamber X-formerly-Twitter. As NBC News reports, the accounts use ...

Google is suing the creators of BadBox 2.0, a botnet that infected 10 million off-brand Android devices. The malware often came pre-installed on cheap streaming boxes, tablets, and projectors, mostly ...

Two separate Mirai botnet campaigns are exploiting a critical flaw in a somewhat unlikely target. The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team recently observed exploitation of CVE-2025-24016, a ...

Popular for monitoring Docker containers, Wazuh is being exploited by two Mirai botnet variants — one of which aligns closely with researchers’ previously released proof-of-concept attack against the ...

In context: Asus has taken a proactive approach in responding to a recent botnet attack, not only patching the vulnerability but also providing step-by-step guidance to help users fully remove ...

A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors also ...