ZDNet

Is your Asus router part of a botnet? How to check - and what you can do

Do you own an Asus router? If so, your device may have been one of thousands compromised in a large campaign waged by cybercriminals looking to exploit it. In a blog post published May 28, security ...
Bleeping Computer

Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware

A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-11120 ...
TechRadar

This dangerous malware botnet now covers 1.6 million Android TVs - find out if you're at risk

If you are an Android TV user, take note - there is a new and dangerous botnet infecting endpoints left and right. Cybersecurity researchers from Xlab have started tracking a new variant of the Vo1d ...
Infosecurity Magazine

ShadowV2 Botnet Exposes Rise of DDoS-as-a-service Platforms

The ShadowV2 DDoS operation, discovered by Darktrace, uses a command-and-control framework hosted on GitHub CodeSpaces, a ...
Ars Technica

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in yearslong account takeover attacks

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against ...
TechRadar

This malware botnet bricked over 600,000 routers in coordinated attack — but no one is really sure why

A malicious botnet bricked 600,000 office and home office (SOHO) routers in what seems to be a coordinated attack against a specific internet service provider (ISP). Cybersecurity researchers from ...
Hosted on MSN

VPS servers hijacked into malware proxies - here's how to stay safe

SystemBC botnet hijacks VPS servers, making up 80% of its active proxy nodes Infected VPS machines relay traffic for phishing, brute-force, and ransomware operations Bots generate high-volume traffic ...