Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team. A third variant of the Mirai-based ...

Another record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack by a notorious monster in the space has been thwarted. The culprit was Aisuru, a Turbo Mirai-class botnet that targets Internet of ...

SafeBreach researchers demonstrate how attackers can crash Windows domain controllers and build a botnet using unauthenticated RPC and LDAP vulnerabilities. At DEF CON 33, security researchers ...

Internet services giant Cloudflare says it mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in 2024, recording a massive 358% year-over-year jump and a 198% quarter-over-quarter increase. These figures come ...

A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating “Rapper Bot,” a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets — ...

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A threat actor is dropping a cryptominer and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware on Oracle WebLogic Servers using "Hadooken." Researchers at Aqua Nautilus spotted the malware when it hit one ...

During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, volumetric attacks peaked at 3.8 terabits per second, the ...

The FBI has issued a warning that BADBOX 2.0 malware is surging through residential consumer electronics, infecting millions of internet-connected devices. The malware, often preloaded onto ...

Warnings from security experts increase after reports of a 26 percent rise in cyberattacks in quarter three of 2024, highlighting a rising cybersecurity crisis, as businesses brace for even more of ...