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New botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacksNew botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacks

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…

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

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…

2 weeks ago
Mirai-based botnets exploit CVE-2025-1316 zero-day in Edimax IP camerasMirai-based botnets exploit CVE-2025-1316 zero-day in Edimax IP cameras

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…

3 months ago
A large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacksA large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacks

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…

3 months ago
Aquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phonesAquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phones

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.…

4 months ago
A new Mirai botnet variant targets DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRsA new Mirai botnet variant targets DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs

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…

5 months ago
BadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infectedBadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infected

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…

5 months ago
German agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBoxGerman agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBox

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…

5 months ago
China’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emergedChina’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged

China’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged

China's Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged, using the same core infrastructure and techniques, according to SecurityScorecard researchers. The China-linked Volt…

6 months ago
Experts warn of China-linked APT’s Raptor Train IoT BotnetExperts warn of China-linked APT’s Raptor Train IoT Botnet

Experts warn of China-linked APT’s Raptor Train IoT Botnet

Researchers warn of a new IoT botnet called Raptor Train that already compromised over 200,000 devices worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers from…

8 months ago