Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...
Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices ...
Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their methods, and the latest example of this is the alarming spread of the Vo1d malware botnet. This highly sophisticated malware has now infected 1,590,299 ...
Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team. A third variant of the Mirai-based ...
Cybersecurity researchers have recorded the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever disclosed, after the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched ...
In brief: Don't look now, but your video recorder might be part of a massive botnet pulling off record-breaking sustained DDoS attacks. The network involves compromised Shenzhen webcams and DVRs. The ...
A novel Go-based Linux botnet, dubbed "PumaBot," has been observed targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PumaBot differentiates itself from typical botnets by remotely retrieving a list of ...
A hot potato: For years, cloud providers and internet backbone operators have been able to absorb smaller-scale assaults. Whether their defenses can withstand the reach of today's massive botnets ...
A cybercriminal group is exploiting vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and then turning a tidy profit by putting them up for sale on a residential proxy marketplace, where they can be ...
The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. Researchers from BitSight ...
Google is suing the creators of BadBox 2.0, a botnet that infected 10 million off-brand Android devices. The malware often came pre-installed on cheap streaming boxes, tablets, and projectors, mostly ...
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a new massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in December 2025, peaking at ...