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Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet

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Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet 2025-07-18 at 12:21 By Ionut Arghire Google has filed a lawsuit against the Badbox 2.0 botnet operators, after identifying over 10 million infected Android devices. The post Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Prometei Botnet Activity Spikes

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Prometei Botnet Activity Spikes 2025-06-24 at 14:10 By Ionut Arghire Palo Alto Networks has observed a spike in Prometei activity since March 2025, pointing to a resurgence of the botnet. The post Prometei Botnet Activity Spikes appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

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Recent Langflow Vulnerability Exploited by Flodrix Botnet

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Recent Langflow Vulnerability Exploited by Flodrix Botnet 2025-06-17 at 11:46 By Eduard Kovacs A critical Langflow vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-3248 has been exploited to ensnare devices in the Flodrix botnet. The post Recent Langflow Vulnerability Exploited by Flodrix Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Recently Disrupted DanaBot Leaked Valuable Data for 3 Years

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Recently Disrupted DanaBot Leaked Valuable Data for 3 Years 2025-06-11 at 15:03 By Eduard Kovacs Investigators leveraged a vulnerability dubbed DanaBleed to obtain insights into the internal operations of the DanaBot botnet. The post Recently Disrupted DanaBot Leaked Valuable Data for 3 Years appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Unpatched Wazuh servers targeted by Mirai botnets (CVE-2025-24016)

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Unpatched Wazuh servers targeted by Mirai botnets (CVE-2025-24016) 2025-06-10 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Two Mirai botnets are exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-24016) in the open-source Wazuh XDR/SIEM platform, Akamai researchers have warned. What is Wazuh? Wazuh is a popular open-source security information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response

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Mirai Botnets Exploiting Wazuh Security Platform Vulnerability

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Mirai Botnets Exploiting Wazuh Security Platform Vulnerability 2025-06-09 at 17:22 By Eduard Kovacs CVE-2025-24016, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Wazuh servers, has been exploited by Mirai botnets. The post Mirai Botnets Exploiting Wazuh Security Platform Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this

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Millions of Android devices roped into Badbox 2.0 botnet. Is yours among them?

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Millions of Android devices roped into Badbox 2.0 botnet. Is yours among them? 2025-06-06 at 16:09 By Zeljka Zorz Millions of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices running the open-source version of the Android operating system are part of the Badbox 2.0 botnet, the FBI has warned. Cyber criminals are using the botnet to perform ad fraud and

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GreyNoise Flags 9,000 ASUS Routers Backdoored Via Patched Vulnerability

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GreyNoise Flags 9,000 ASUS Routers Backdoored Via Patched Vulnerability 2025-05-29 at 17:37 By Ryan Naraine Professional hackers have built a network of ASUS routers that can survive firmware upgrades, factory reboots and most anti-malware scans. The post GreyNoise Flags 9,000 ASUS Routers Backdoored Via Patched Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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DanaBot Botnet Disrupted, 16 Suspects Charged

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DanaBot Botnet Disrupted, 16 Suspects Charged 2025-05-23 at 12:03 By Eduard Kovacs The DanaBot botnet ensnared over 300,000 devices and caused more than $50 million in damages before being disrupted. The post DanaBot Botnet Disrupted, 16 Suspects Charged appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this

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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals

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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals 2025-05-12 at 21:11 By Zeljka Zorz US and Dutch law enforcement, with the help of Lumen researchers, have disrupted 5socks and Anyproxy, two proxy-for-rent services that were used by criminals for ad fraud and DDoS and brute-force attacks (among other things). The domain seizure notice The

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US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators

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US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators 2025-05-12 at 11:38 By Eduard Kovacs Anyproxy and 5socks, websites offering proxy services through devices ensnared by a botnet, have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation. The post US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet

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Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet 2025-05-08 at 13:50 By Ionut Arghire The patches for an exploited Samsung MagicINFO vulnerability are ineffective and a Mirai botnet has started targeting it. The post Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Exploited: Vulnerability in software for managing Samsung digital displays (CVE-2024-7399)

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Exploited: Vulnerability in software for managing Samsung digital displays (CVE-2024-7399) 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Zeljka Zorz An easily and remotely exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2024-7399) affecting Samsung MagicINFO, a platform for managing content on Samsung commercial displays, is being leveraged by attackers. Exploit attempts have been flagged by the SANS Internet Storm Center and Arctic Wolf researchers:

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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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