Botnet hacks 9,000+ ASUS routers to add persistent SSH backdoor
Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO…
End-of-life router botnet shut, 4 ‘foreign hackers’ charged • The Register
Earlier this week, the FBI urged folks to bin aging routers vulnerable to hijacking, citing ongoing attacks linked…
Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to…
Police Dismantles Botnet Selling Hacked Routers As Residential Proxies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands…
This worrying botnet targets unsecure TP-Link routers – thousands of devices already hacked
Old TP-Link router flaw is being abused again The threat actors are building out a botnet named Ballista…
Unpatched Edimax IP camera flaw actively exploited in botnet attacks
A critical command injection vulnerability impacting the Edimax IC-7100 IP camera is currently being exploited by botnet malware…
Eleven11bot Botnet Launches Record-breaking DDoS Attack—just How Big Is It?
A new botnet called Eleven11bot launched a record 6.5 terabit-per-second DDoS attack in February, but security experts can’t…
Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has…
Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide
A new variant of the Vo1d malware botnet has grown to 1,590,299 infected Android TV devices across 226…
Botnet targets Basic Auth in Microsoft 365 password spray attacks
A massive botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is conducting password-spray attacks against Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts worldwide,…