Cybercrime US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet. Eduard KovacsMay 29, 2024
Malware & Threats 400,000 Linux Servers Hit by Ebury Botnet The Ebury Linux botnet has ensnared over 400,000 Linux systems in 15 years, with roughly 100,000 still infected. Ionut ArghireMay 15, 2024
Cybercrime Botnet Disrupted by FBI Still Used by Russian Spies, Cybercriminals A botnet dismantled in January and used by Russia-linked APT28 consisted of more than just Ubiquiti Edge OS routers. Ionut ArghireMay 3, 2024
IoT Security Researchers Discover 40,000-Strong EOL Router, IoT Botnet Malware hunters sound an alarm after discovering a 40,000-strong botnet packed with end-of-life routers and IoT devices being used in cybercriminal activities. Ryan NaraineMarch 26, 2024
Malware & Threats US Government Urges Cleanup of Routers Infected by Russia’s APT28 The US government says Russia’s APT28 group compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to run cyberespionage operations worldwide. Ionut ArghireFebruary 28, 2024
IoT Security Were 3 Million Toothbrushes Really Used for a DDoS Attack? Three million electric toothbrushes were reportedly used for disruptive DDoS attacks, but cybersecurity experts questioned the claims. Eduard KovacsFebruary 8, 2024
Malware & Threats Hitron DVR Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited by InfectedSlurs Botnet Akamai flags six zero-day vulnerabilities in Hitron DVRs exploited to ensnare devices in the InfectedSlurs botnet. Ionut ArghireJanuary 31, 2024
Malware & Threats Cloud Server Abuse Leads to Huge Spike in Botnet Scanning Netscout sees over one million IPs conducting reconnaissance scanning on the web due to increase in use of cheap or free cloud servers. Eduard KovacsJanuary 15, 2024
Malware & Threats CISA Warns of FXC Router, QNAP NVR Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild CISA released ICS advisories for FXC router and QNAP NRV flaws and added them to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Eduard KovacsDecember 22, 2023
IoT Security Every “Thing” Everywhere All at Once Every asset in an organization’s inventory that is not accounted for and protected is a potential attack vector that an attacker can use to... Danelle AuDecember 19, 2023
Cybercrime Bad Bots Account for 73% of Internet Traffic: Analysis The top five categories of Bad Bot attacks are fake account creation, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse. Kevin TownsendNovember 16, 2023
Malware & Threats US Announces IPStorm Botnet Takedown and Its Creator’s Guilty Plea US government announces the takedown of the IPStorm proxy service botnet and the guilty plea of its creator, a Russian/Moldovan national. Eduard KovacsNovember 15, 2023