Botnet

The digital age offers opportunities but also increases the importance of cybersecurity as threats grow in complexity and sophistication, making preparedness a top priority. Open-source botnets are now a hot topic in cybersecurity due to their accessibility and rapid adaptability...

ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) has recently reported that in order to deploy PlugX malware, threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in Chinese remote desktop programs like:- Sunlogin AweSun The use of these flaws on compromised systems continues to be exploited to...

Bot attacks are on the rise. Across 693 websites, 2.1 million bot attacks were blocked on the AppTrana WAF last month.  Even though bot attacks are more prevalent than ever, there are some unproven myths around them.  By understanding these myths,...

Fodcha DDoS botnet has made a significant return with a brand new version. This updated version of the Fodcha botnet was revealed to the community for the first time by 360Netlab on April 13, 2022. Several brand-new features were found...

The cybersecurity researchers at Tencent Cloud Firewall have recently detected a new highly volatile botnet which is dubbed as HolesWarm.  They reported that this new botnet exploiting more than 20 known vulnerabilities to hack Windows and Linux servers so that...

Recently, the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360's networking security division Netlab has discovered a nascent malware campaign.  This campaign has been spotted co-opting the Android devices into a botnet along with the principal objective of carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...

Recently, a U.S. judge has sentenced a Russian national to eight years in prison for stealing all personal and financial data through a botnet conspiracy that intended to make a predicted $100 million. The Russian hacker Aleksandr Brovko was imprisoned...

Researchers discovered a new variant of Muhstik IoT Botnet that targets the vulnerable Linux-based Tomato routers to perform DDOS Attack, launch cryptocurrency mining to earn profits, and harvest the new IoT devices. Tomato is an open-source Linux-based, non-proprietary firmware, alternative firmware for...