IoT Security
Bitsight has discovered a BadBox botnet consisting of over 190,000 Android devices, mainly Yandex smart TVs and Hisense smartphones.
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Malware & Threats
Juniper Networks says a Mirai botnet is ensnaring session smart router devices that are using default passwords.
Cybercrime
A threat actor tracked as Water Barghest has compromised over 20,000 IoT devices and monetizes them as residential proxies.
Malware & Threats
A zero-day vulnerability affecting five discontinued GeoVision product models has been exploited by a botnet.
Nation-State
Security researchers say the botnet created by China’s Volt Typhoon re-emerged recently, leveraging the same core infrastructure and techniques.
Nation-State
The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices.
Malware & Threats
Black Lotus Labs estimates that more than 200,000 routers, network-attached storage servers, and IP cameras have been ensnared in the botnet.
Malware & Threats
A Mirai-like botnet has started exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in discontinued Zyxel NAS products.
Malware & Threats
Over 600,000 SOHO routers belonging to a single ISP and infected with the Chalubo trojan were rendered inoperable.
Malware & Threats
The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested.
Cybercrime
The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet.
Malware & Threats
The Ebury Linux botnet has ensnared over 400,000 Linux systems in 15 years, with roughly 100,000 still infected.
Data Breaches
In 2024 organizations informed the US government about 585 healthcare data breaches affecting a total of nearly 180 million user records.
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