A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. The protocol was invented in 1988, and its ...

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 ...

Security researchers are warning about a novel Linux botnet, dubbed PumaBot, targeting Internet of Things (IOT) surveillance devices. According to a DarkTrace observation, the botnet bypasses the ...

MySQL servers are being targeted by the 'Ddostf' malware botnet to enslave them for a DDoS-as-a-Service platform whose firepower is rented to other cybercriminals. This campaign was discovered by ...

A number of botnets are pummeling a nearly year-old command-injection vulnerability in TP-Link routers to compromise the devices for IoT-driven distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. There ...

A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software. See Also: IoT and Cloud Systems Face ...

Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and ...

Facepalm: As the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently warned, exploitation of networking devices such as SOHO routers can provide threat actors with a "global" attack ...

A newly identified botnet loader is shifting command-and-control (C2) operations onto the Polygon blockchain, eliminating the central servers that authorities and security firms have historically ...

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 ...