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Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet

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Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet 2025-04-10 at 18:16 By Ionut Arghire Law enforcement agencies in multiple countries have announced the arrests of users of the malicious Smokeloader botnet. The post Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to […]

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Unpatched Edimax Camera Flaw Exploited Since at Least May 2024

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Unpatched Edimax Camera Flaw Exploited Since at Least May 2024 2025-03-13 at 21:08 By Eduard Kovacs A recently disclosed Edimax zero-day vulnerability has been exploited in the wild by Mirai botnets for nearly a year. The post Unpatched Edimax Camera Flaw Exploited Since at Least May 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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New Ballista IoT Botnet Linked to Italian Threat Actor

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New Ballista IoT Botnet Linked to Italian Threat Actor 2025-03-11 at 19:05 By Eduard Kovacs Cato Networks has analyzed a new IoT botnet named Ballista, which targets TP-Link Archer routers. The post New Ballista IoT Botnet Linked to Italian Threat Actor appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Edimax Says No Patches Coming for Zero-Day Exploited by Botnets

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Edimax Says No Patches Coming for Zero-Day Exploited by Botnets 2025-03-11 at 14:43 By Eduard Kovacs Edimax is aware that CVE-2025-1316 has been exploited in the wild, but the impacted devices were discontinued over a decade ago. The post Edimax Says No Patches Coming for Zero-Day Exploited by Botnets appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Edimax Camera Zero-Day Disclosed by CISA Exploited by Botnets

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Edimax Camera Zero-Day Disclosed by CISA Exploited by Botnets 2025-03-07 at 10:31 By Eduard Kovacs Multiple Mirai-based botnets are exploiting CVE-2025-1316, an Edimax IP camera vulnerability that allows remote command execution. The post Edimax Camera Zero-Day Disclosed by CISA Exploited by Botnets appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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BadBox Botnet Powered by 1 Million Android Devices Disrupted

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BadBox Botnet Powered by 1 Million Android Devices Disrupted 2025-03-06 at 14:31 By Ionut Arghire A second iteration of the BadBox botnet that affected over one million Android devices has been partially disrupted. The post BadBox Botnet Powered by 1 Million Android Devices Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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New Eleven11bot DDoS Botnet Powered by 80,000 Hacked Devices

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New Eleven11bot DDoS Botnet Powered by 80,000 Hacked Devices 2025-03-05 at 10:31 By Eduard Kovacs The Eleven11bot botnet has been described as one of the largest known DDoS botnets observed in recent years. The post New Eleven11bot DDoS Botnet Powered by 80,000 Hacked Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Vo1d Botnet Evolves as It Ensnares 1.6 Million Android TV Boxes

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Vo1d Botnet Evolves as It Ensnares 1.6 Million Android TV Boxes 2025-02-28 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs The Vo1d botnet is now powered by 1.6 million Android TV devices, up from 1.3 million half a year ago. The post Vo1d Botnet Evolves as It Ensnares 1.6 Million Android TV Boxes appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Chinese Botnet Powered by 130,000 Devices Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts

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Chinese Botnet Powered by 130,000 Devices Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts 2025-02-25 at 19:11 By Eduard Kovacs A China-linked botnet powered by 130,000 hacked devices has targeted Microsoft 365 accounts with password spraying attacks. The post Chinese Botnet Powered by 130,000 Devices Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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MirrorTab Raises $8.5M Seed Round to Take on Browser-Based Attacks

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MirrorTab Raises $8.5M Seed Round to Take on Browser-Based Attacks 2025-02-18 at 19:03 By Ryan Naraine San Francisco startup secures $8.5 million in seed funding led by Valley Capital Partners to tackle browser-based malware attacks. The post MirrorTab Raises $8.5M Seed Round to Take on Browser-Based Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Aquabot Botnet Targeting Vulnerable Mitel Phones

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Aquabot Botnet Targeting Vulnerable Mitel Phones 2025-01-29 at 14:18 By Ionut Arghire The Mirai-based Aquabot botnet has been targeting a vulnerability in Mitel SIP phones for which a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit exists. The post Aquabot Botnet Targeting Vulnerable Mitel Phones appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date 2025-01-22 at 17:20 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. The Murdoc botnet Qualys researchers have laid bare the “Murdoc” botnet, consisting of some 1,300 IoT devices saddled with a variant

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FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet

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FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet 2024-09-19 at 14:16 By Zeljka Zorz A botnet operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been disrupted by the law enforcement agency and abandoned by the group, FBI Director Chris Wray confirmed on Wednesday. “We executed court-authorized operations to take control of

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US Disrupts ‘Raptor Train’ Botnet of Chinese APT Flax Typhoon

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US Disrupts ‘Raptor Train’ Botnet of Chinese APT Flax Typhoon 2024-09-19 at 13:16 By Eduard Kovacs The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices. The post US Disrupts ‘Raptor Train’ Botnet of Chinese APT Flax Typhoon appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Chinese Spies Built Massive Botnet of IoT Devices to Target US, Taiwan Military

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Chinese Spies Built Massive Botnet of IoT Devices to Target US, Taiwan Military 2024-09-18 at 20:16 By Ryan Naraine Black Lotus Labs estimates that more than 200,000 routers, network-attached storage servers, and IP cameras have been ensnared in the botnet. The post Chinese Spies Built Massive Botnet of IoT Devices to Target US, Taiwan Military

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Microsoft: DDoS defense error amplified attack on Azure, leading to outage

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Microsoft: DDoS defense error amplified attack on Azure, leading to outage 2024-07-31 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz A DDoS attack that started on Tuesday has made a number of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services temporarily inaccessible, the company has confirmed. Microsoft’s mitigation statement on the Azure status history page Microsoft Azure, 365 outage triggered

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Recent Zyxel NAS Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet

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Recent Zyxel NAS Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet 2024-06-25 at 16:46 By Ionut Arghire A Mirai-like botnet has started exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in discontinued Zyxel NAS products. The post Recent Zyxel NAS Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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Mysterious Threat Actor Used Chalubo Malware to Brick 600,000 Routers

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Mysterious Threat Actor Used Chalubo Malware to Brick 600,000 Routers 2024-05-31 at 14:46 By Ionut Arghire Over 600,000 SOHO routers belonging to a single ISP and infected with the Chalubo trojan were rendered inoperable. The post Mysterious Threat Actor Used Chalubo Malware to Brick 600,000 Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Massive 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled, Chinese Mastermind Arrested

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Massive 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled, Chinese Mastermind Arrested 2024-05-30 at 15:01 By Eduard Kovacs The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested. The post Massive 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled, Chinese Mastermind Arrested appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet

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US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet 2024-05-29 at 17:01 By Eduard Kovacs The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet. The post US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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