botnet

Kimwolf botnet leverages residential proxies to hijack 2M+ Android devices

The Kimwolf botnet has infected over 2 million Android devices, spreading mainly through residential proxy networks, researchers say. The Kimwolf…

1 month ago

Massive Android botnet Kimwolf infects millions, strikes with DDoS

The Kimwolf Android botnet has infected 1.8M+ devices, launching massive DDoS attacks and boosting its C&C domain, says XLab. Kimwolf…

2 months ago

New Mirai variant ShadowV2 tests IoT exploits amid AWS disruption<gwmw style="display:none;"></gwmw>

ShadowV2, a new Mirai-based botnet, briefly targeted vulnerable IoT devices during October’s AWS outage, likely as a test run. During…

2 months ago

A new round of Europol’s Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium botnet

Europol’s Operation Endgame dismantles Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium botnet in a global crackdown on cybercriminal infrastructures. Europol and Eurojust…

3 months ago

New Danabot Windows version appears in the threat landscape after May disruption

DanaBot returns after 6 months with a new Windows variant (v669), marking its comeback after being disrupted by Operation Endgame…

3 months ago

Aisuru botnet is behind record 20Tb/sec DDoS attacks

A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In…

3 months ago

Researchers warn of widespread RDP attacks by 100K-node botnet

A botnet of 100K+ IPs from multiple countries is attacking U.S. RDP services in a campaign active since October 8.…

4 months ago

DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet

DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since…

6 months ago

DDoS peaks hit new highs: Cloudflare mitigated massive 7.3 Tbps assault

Cloudflare blocked 7.3M DDoS attacks in Q2 2025, down from 20.5M in Q1, while hyper-volumetric attacks surged with 6,500+ blocked,…

7 months ago

New Mirai botnet targets TBK DVRs by exploiting CVE-2024-3721

A new variant of the Mirai botnet exploits CVE-2024-3721 to target DVR systems, using a new infection method. Researchers from…

8 months ago

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