Cybercrime
A botnet dismantled in January and used by Russia-linked APT28 consisted of more than just Ubiquiti Edge OS routers.
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IoT Security
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.
Malware & Threats
The US government says Russia’s APT28 group compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to run cyberespionage operations worldwide.
IoT Security
Three million electric toothbrushes were reportedly used for disruptive DDoS attacks, but cybersecurity experts questioned the claims.
Malware & Threats
Akamai flags six zero-day vulnerabilities in Hitron DVRs exploited to ensnare devices in the InfectedSlurs botnet.
Malware & Threats
Netscout sees over one million IPs conducting reconnaissance scanning on the web due to increase in use of cheap or free cloud servers.
Malware & Threats
CISA released ICS advisories for FXC router and QNAP NRV flaws and added them to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog.
IoT Security
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...
Cybercrime
The top five categories of Bad Bot attacks are fake account creation, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse.
Malware & Threats
US government announces the takedown of the IPStorm proxy service botnet and the guilty plea of its creator, a Russian/Moldovan national.
Cloud Security
Researchers warn attackers are targeting MySQL servers and Docker hosts to plant malware capable of launching distributed DDoS attacks.
Malware & Threats
The recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet is believed to have been carried out by its creators, possibly forced by Chinese authorities.
Malware & Threats
A Mirai botnet variant tracked as IZ1H9 has updated its arsenal with 13 exploits targeting various routers, IP cameras, and other IoT devices.
Fraud & Identity Theft
U.S. law enforcement announce the disruption of the notorious Qakbot cybercrime operation and the release of an auto-disinfection tool to 700,000 infected machines.
Malware & Threats
Multiple DDoS botnets have been observed targeting CVE-2023-28771, a Zyxel firewall vulnerability patched in April.
Malware & Threats
The recently identified Golang-based GoBruteforcer botnet is targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services.
Vulnerabilities
Over 24,000 internet-accessible server-management interfaces disclose authentication hashes before login.
Data Breaches
Artificial Intelligence
Management & Strategy
Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
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