- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 16th, 2017
Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Spreading for Weeks via Same Backdoor as WannaCry
The mining malware has built a massive botnet, but it has also stopped computers from being infected by WannaCry
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 11th, 2017
New IoT Malware Spreading Worldwide Infecting Vulnerable Cameras
Persirai is building up a botnet of wireless cameras
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 3rd, 2017
Router Botnet Attacking WordPress Sites Shuts Down
The number of attacks started dropping over the weekend
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 27th, 2017
Vigilante IoT Worm Hajime Infects 300,000 Devices
Hajime is becoming quite the botnet and it would be dangerous for it to go dark, if the hacker decides to flip it
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 25th, 2017
FalseGuide Malware in Play Store Infects 2M Users, Forces Phones to Join Botnet Update
Dozens of infected apps went under Google's radar
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 6th, 2017
Sathurbot Trojan Found on Compromised WordPress Sites, Aims for Movie Pirates
Sathurbot has infected some 20,000 computers thus far
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 23rd, 2016
Cracking of Sphinx Trojan DGA Opens the Door for Botnet Takedown
Sphinx botnet much smaller than initially thought
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20th, 2016
TheMoon Botnet Still Alive and Well After Two Years
TheMoon worm now targets ASUS and D-Link routers as well
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 12th, 2016
AVTECH Shuns Security Firm and Leaves All Products Vulnerable Without a Patch
Over 130,000 vulnerable products available online
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 4th, 2016
Top 10 Cities by Total Bot Population (EMEA Region)
Istanbul has the most bots across all the EMEA region
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 29th, 2016
Hacker Who Sold Spam Botnet on Darkode Forum Gets No Prison Time
Hacker gets 2 years probation after turning his life around
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 29th, 2016
Tofsee Botnet Comes Back to Life with Massive Spam Floods
Tofsee activity spiked in September 2016
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2016
Top 10 Passwords Used to Hijack IoT Devices Are as Stupid as You Think They Are
IoT malware and IoT botnets are becoming a real problem
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 21st, 2016
Email Spam Returns to 2010's Record Numbers
Necurs botnet behind most of the new spam floods
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 14th, 2016
Here's Another Vulnerable DVR System Ready to Become a DDoS Botnet
No patches available for latest issues in AVer DVRs
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 9th, 2016
New Linux Trojan Discovered Coded in Mozilla's Rust Language
Trojan is not yet finished, still a work in progress
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 7th, 2016
Botnets of Embedded Devices Are Brute-Forcing Telnet Ports
Attacks from over 120,000 unique IPs detected in June 2016