A new botnet is targeting routers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and an array of server architectures. On April 12, cybersecurity researchers from FortiGuard Labs said the new distributed ...

Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. Qualys researchers have laid bare the “Murdoc” botnet, ...

Botnets built from the Mirai codebase continue to wreak havoc in the technology arena, with cyberattackers taking advantage of lax Internet of Things (IoT) security in widespread attacks. Computers ...

The new V3G4 variant of Mirai, which creates botnets for DDoS attacks, exploited 13 different vulnerabilities in three campaigns over a six-month period, Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 team reports. Once ...

Yet another Mirai-derived botnet is on the loose, targeting Linux systems by exploiting flaws in various Internet-facing devices to combine distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with a broader ...

A stresser/booter service selling website disruptions via a Mirai-based botnet called Condi is the latest to target consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers running unpatched firmware. See Also: Airlines and ...

A new botnet has been slowly growing over the past year by brute-forcing SSH logins and deploying cryptomining malware on Linux servers. The main bot client is based on the old Mirai worm whose source ...

A new modular Linux botnet family based on publicly leaked source code from the Mirai botnet has been linked to exploitation attempts for several vulnerabilities in edge devices. A Taiwan-based ...

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A botnet is a collection of internet-connected devices -- including PCs, servers, mobile devices and internet of things (IoT) devices -- infected and controlled by a common type of malware, often ...

A new Mirai-based botnetis actively exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability that has not received a tracker number and appears to be unpatched in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro NVRs. The campaign ...