Security researchers warn that an IoT botnet has been scanning the internet and exploiting nearly 100,000 routers exposed with a five year old UPnP vulnerability.
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Trend Micro released two new reports on malware threats named Trickbot and Shellbot.
Trickbot and Shellbot malware threats Read More »
Security researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a “more innovative” ransomware attack that uses Virobot, malware that possesses ransomware and botnet capabilities that affects users in the United States.
Virobot: ransomware and botnet threat Read More »
New variants of IoT botnets Mirai and Gafgyt are increasingly targeting enterprise devices with outdated versions and unpatched vulnerabilities.
A hacker built an IoT botnet of 18,000 Huwei-based devices in just one day.
Huawei-based botnet reached 18K devices in one day Read More »
The FortiGuard Labs team has spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet dubbed “Wicked” that has added three new exploits to target unpatched Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Mirai variant targets IoT devices with 3 new exploits Read More »
A new variant of the infamous Mirai malware dubbed “Okiru” (Mirai Okiru) is now capable of infecting devices running the ARC CPU.
Mirai Okiru DDoS botnet targets ARC-based IoT Read More »
As Checkpoint researchers discovered earlier this week, a variant of Mirai malware dubbed Satori was used to attack hundreds of thousands of Huawei home routers in the past several weeks. Now the Satori exploit code used in the attack is now public, Threatpost reports. Researchers further warn that the malicious code could quickly be used to launch common DDoS attacks
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked with multiple international partners to take down on November 29 one of the longest running malware families dubbed Andromeda.
Andromeda botnet dismantled Read More »
Security researchers spotted an increase in new activity from the Mirai IoT botnet. This new campaign targets organizations in Argentina, but has spread to other parts of South America and North Africa.
New Mirai campaign targets new IoT devices Read More »
