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Two botnets tracked as 'Ficora' and 'Capsaicin' have recorded increased activity in targeting D-Link routers that have reached end of life or are running outdated firmware versions. A new...
Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router ... - The Hacker News
1 day ago · The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. Exploiting an arsenal of over 20 known security vulnerabilities and weak Telnet credentials for initial access, the malware is known to have been active since February 2024.
New Mirai botnet targets industrial routers with zero-day exploits
2 days ago · X Lab reports that the botnet’s DDoS attacks are short in duration, lasting between 10 and 30 seconds, but high in intensity, exceeding 100 Gbps in traffic, which can cause disruptions even for ...
Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in yearslong account …
Nov 1, 2024 · Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks...
Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four …
Sep 18, 2024 · The FBI identified more than 70 vulnerabilities Integrity Tech relied on to acquire new botnet victims and allow botnet devices to exploit further victims.
FBI warns about China-controlled botnet affecting thousands of ...
Sep 18, 2024 · The FBI has warned that cyber actors linked to China have compromised over 260,000 internet-connected devices, mostly routers, to create a massive botnet. It’s used for malicious activities, such as distributed denial of service attacks, or …
Feds take down one of world's largest malicious botnets and ... - CBS News
May 29, 2024 · The 911 S5 Botnet deployed 19 million compromised IP addresses in over 190 countries, using them to carry out bomb threats, fraud, child exploitation and more, the Justice Department said.
Authorities arrest man allegedly running ... - Associated Press News
May 30, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Justice quoted FBI Director Christopher Wray as saying Wednesday that the “911 S5” botnet — a network of malware-infected computers in nearly 200 countries — was likely the world’s largest. Justice said in a news release that Yunhe Wang, 35, was arrested May 24.
BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android
Dec 19, 2024 · The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany.
US Sanctions Chinese Cyber Firm Linked to Botnet Attack
6 days ago · The US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in a state-sponsored botnet attack known as Flax Typhoon.