botnet

New AyySSHush botnet compromised over 9,000 ASUS routers, adding a persistent SSH backdoor.

GreyNoise researchers warn of a new AyySSHush botnet compromised over 9,000 ASUS routers, adding a persistent SSH backdoor. GreyNoise discovered the…

9 months ago

New PumaBot targets Linux IoT surveillance devices

PumaBot targets Linux IoT devices, using SSH brute-force attacks to steal credentials, spread malware, and mine crypto. Darktrace researchers discovered…

9 months ago

New botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacks

New botnet HTTPBot is targeting China's gaming, tech, and education sectors, cybersecurity researchers warn. NSFOCUS  cybersecurity discovered a new botnet…

9 months ago

Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services

Law enforcement dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects. Authorities dismantled a 20-year-old…

9 months ago

Mirai-based botnets exploit CVE-2025-1316 zero-day in Edimax IP cameras

Mirai-based botnets are exploiting a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-1316, in Edimax IP cameras, to achieve remote command execution. US…

11 months ago

A large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacks

A botnet of 130,000+ devices is attacking Microsoft 365 accounts via password-spraying, bypassing MFA by exploiting basic authentication. SecurityScorecard researchers…

12 months ago

Aquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phones

A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet Aquabot targets vulnerable Mitel SIP phones to recruit them into a DDoS botnet.…

1 year ago

A new Mirai botnet variant targets DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs

Akamai researchers discovered a new Mirai botnet variant targeting a vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs. Akamai researchers spotted a…

1 year ago

BadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infected

Experts uncovered a botnet of 190,000 Android devices infected by BadBox bot, primarily Yandex smart TVs and Hisense smartphones. Bitsight…

1 year ago

German agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBox

The German agency BSI has sinkholed a botnet composed of 30,000 devices shipped with BadBox malware pre-installed. The Federal Office…

1 year ago

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