Botnet stories - Page 4

Swarmbots are revolutionising cyber threats, targeting IoT devices with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Fortinet’s Derek Manky discusses the looming risks.

Educational institutions face a surge in DDoS attacks as students return, despite an overall decline attributed to botnets shifting to cryptocurrency mining.

Webroot’s 2018 Nastiest Malware report highlights Emotet, Trickbot, and GhostMiner as the latest threats, urging improved cybersecurity measures.

A new malware named Xbash, targeting Linux and Windows servers, has ransomware, coinmining, and worm-like self-propagating capabilities.

2018 saw a surge in cyber threats with over 30 zero-day vulnerabilities and nearly 24,000 unique malware variants, Fortinet's report reveals.

Botnet operators are shifting from single-purpose to multipurpose malware, Kaspersky Lab finds, highlighting a significant rise in Remote Access Tools.

DDoS botnets attacked online resources in 74 countries in Q2 2018, reveals Kaspersky Lab report. Hong Kong now ranks second among the most attacked countries.

Asia Pacific will experience a 36% CAGR for botnet detection solutions and services, exceeding growth rates in North America and Europe.

China, South Korea, Vietnam, India, and Australia amongst the top five Asia Pacific countries sending out the most malicious internet traffic.

One of the world’s largest spam botnets is back in action and this time it is spreading a Trojan downloader that can deliver nasty malware surprises.

Chinese websites are under siege by a drive-by download campaign planting the decade-old Avzhan DDoS bot, Malwarebytes Labs reveals.

Cybercrime experts from 23 countries gathered in Vienna for INTERPOL's Digital Security Challenge, simulating an IoT-based cyber attack on a bank.

Microsoft, ESET, the FBI, Interpol, Europol and other security stakeholders have collectively dismantled a major botnet operation known as Gamarue.

The rapid evolution of ‘IoTroop’ is happening much faster than the Mirai botnet; and it is enslaving IoT devices at a faster rate too.

Attackers using tools such as Dridex and Qakbot spam employees through malicious mail at times when victims are most likely to open all incoming mail.

Akamai's Q2 2017 report shows a 28% increase in DDoS attacks, with the PBot malware being a major contributor.

DDoS attackers are hitting hard, fast and with no breaks in between, leading to record-breaking attacks over hours or even days.

Botnets not only harm the owners of infected computers, but others too – they can send out spam, distributing a range of scams or even ransomware.

Organisations that install IoT technology also suffer by not ever using reinforced configurations, which means hackers can exploit significant holes.

The Hancitor/Chanitor malware has rapidly climbed to be one of the top five ‘world’s most wanted’ malware families for the first time.