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Kimwolf DDoS botnet already grabbed 1.8M devices. What we know

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics.

Nearly 2 million Android devices hijacked by massive new botnet — how to see if yours are infected

On October 30th, Cloudfare data identified a strange website that briefly surpassed Google as the most popular website ...
The Hacker News

Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

Kimwolf botnet infected 1.8 million Android TV devices and issued 1.7 billion DDoS commands, using ENS to hide its control ...
SecurityWeek

Wide Range of Malware Delivered in React2Shell Attacks

Security firms have seen cryptocurrency miners, Linux backdoors, botnet malware, and post-exploitation implants in ...
Dark Reading

Up-And-Coming Botnet Uses Same Malware Kit As Defunct Mariposa

A financial-fraud botnet built with the same malware kit used in the now-defunct Mariposa botnet remains active after arrests this month of two Eastern European men who allegedly ran it. Researchers ...
Dark Reading

IoT Botnets Are Increasing Source of Malware on SP Networks

Botnets are increasingly making up more and more of the malware traffic found on service provider networks, with cybercriminals using these Internet of Things bots for a range of malicious schemes, ...
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 ...

Chimera Bots: AI-Directed Cyberattacks Are A New Class Of Digital Adversaries

AI-driven cyberattack agents integrate automation, machine learning, adaptive malware, and botnet infrastructures into ...
TechCrunch

How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet

A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Qakbot ...
TechRepublic

Androxgh0st Malware Botnet Steals AWS, Microsoft Credentials and More

The Androxgh0st malware botnet is used for victim identification and exploitation in targeted networks, as well as credentials collection. Read the FBI/CISA's tips for protecting against this malware ...
Bleeping Computer

New botnet malware exploits two zero-days to infect NVRs and routers

A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The malware ...
Bleeping Computer

BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices

The BadBox Android malware botnet has been disrupted again by removing 24 malicious apps from Google Play and sinkholing communications for half a million infected devices. The BadBox botnet is a ...