Earlier this morning, we reported on the troubling news that the source code for the Mirai IoT DDoS botnet is now out in the open. If you recall, Miari is the botnet that was able to flood ...

New variations of Mirai and the Gafgyt botnet are harnessing new vulnerabilities to compromise IoT devices, including the security flaw which caused the 2017 Equifax data breach. On Sunday, ...

The big picture: The TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi router is once again being targeted by cyber-criminals trying to build an army of bots with DDoS capabilities. But Condi isn't just another ...

The RondoDox botnet has been observed exploiting the critical React2Shell flaw (CVE-2025-55182) to infect vulnerable Next.js ...

The operators of a gaming server rental business are believed to have built an IoT DDoS botnet, which they are now offering as part of the server rental scheme. The prime and pretty obvious clue that ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at how to build risk management policies to protect your critical digital assets. Read now Chinese police ...

The source code for the malware Mirai has been released to the public. This source code, released on Hackforums, can be used to create an Internet of Things botnet that can launch a massive ...

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet – that’s actively targeting vulnerable D-Link and Internet of Things devices – is the first variant of the malware to rely on Tor communications, researchers say.

A Chinese-controlled botnet of tens of thousands of unpatched internet-connected firewalls, network attached storage devices, internet-connected surveillance cameras, and small office/home office ...

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, ...

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Botnet DDoS attacks passed the 40 Gigabits/sec mark in 2008, according to Arbor Networks. The sheer size of today’s Botnets has reached into the ...

Malware that can build botnets out of IoT products has gone on to infect twice as many devices after its source code was publicly released. The total number of IoT devices infected with the Mirai ...