Bleeping Computer

Mozi malware botnet goes dark after mysterious use of kill-switch

Mozi malware botnet activity faded away in August after a mysterious unknown party sent a payload on September 27, 2023, that triggered a kill switch to deactivate all bots. Mozi is a well-known DDoS ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware botnet bricked 600,000 routers in mysterious 2023 attack

A malware botnet named 'Pumpkin Eclipse' performed a mysterious destructive event in 2023 that destroyed 600,000 office/home office (SOHO) internet routers offline, disrupting customers' internet ...

Thousands of TP-Link routers have been infected by a botnet to spread malware

A new botnet campaign is exploiting a high-severity security flaw in unpatched TP-Link routers and has already spread to more ...
SiliconANGLE

Botnets leverage decade-old D-Link vulnerabilities in new attack campaigns

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...
The Verge

FBI makes a massive botnet infecting more than 700,000 computers uninstall itself

“Operation Duck Hunt” targeted Qakbot malware that remotely controls computers and sets them up for other attacks, like ransomware. “Operation Duck Hunt” targeted Qakbot malware that remotely controls ...
SiliconANGLE

Federal agencies warn that Androxgh0st malware operators are building a botnet

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued a warning that the hackers behind the Androxgh0st malware are creating a new, powerful ...
Hosted on MSN

This dangerous malware botnet now covers 1.6 million Android TVs - find out if you're at risk

If you are an Android TV user, take note - there is a new and dangerous botnet infecting endpoints left and right. Cybersecurity researchers from Xlab have started tracking a new variant of the Vo1d ...
PC World

New botnet malware infects 1.6 million Android TV devices worldwide

Vo1d is a long-known botnet that infects Android TV devices, and security experts from XLab have now discovered a new variant that’s said to have infected over 1.6 million Android TV devices around ...
Ars Technica

Companies were slow to remove Russian spies’ malware, so FBI did it for them

The FBI remotely accessed and disinfected US-located devices running a powerful new strain of Russian state botnet malware, federal authorities said Wednesday. Those authorities added that the Kremlin ...
Ars Technica

Hackers are targeting industrial systems with malware

From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong file comes this: People hawking password-cracking software are targeting the hardware used in industrial-control facilities with malicious code that makes their ...