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Thousands of Asus routers hacked to create a major botnet planting damaging malware
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Thousands of Asus routers hacked to create a major botnet planting damaging malware

GreyNoise finds new hacking campaign targeting Asus hardware The threat actors are exploiting poorly secured routers to gain initial access They abuse known...

Cisco security flaw exploited to build botnet of thousands of devices
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Cisco security flaw exploited to build botnet of thousands of devices

Sekoia researchers warn of new ViciousTrap botnet So far, it compromised more than 5,000 dated Cisco routers The devices are vulnerable to an...

TVT DVRs become prime target for Mirai botnet
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TVT DVRs become prime target for Mirai botnet

GreyNoise says scannings for vulnerable TVT DVRs are spiking More than 2,500 unique IP addresses were hunting at one point A 2024 vulnerability...

This worrying botnet targets unsecure TP-Link routers – thousands of devices already hacked
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This worrying botnet targets unsecure TP-Link routers – thousands of devices already hacked

Old TP-Link router flaw is being abused again The threat actors are building out a botnet named Ballista They are operating from Italy...

Another top security camera maker is seeing devices hijacked into botnet
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Another top security camera maker is seeing devices hijacked into botnet

A vulnerability in an old camera is being used to create a botnet The camera is no longer supported by its vendor and...

Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks
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Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks

A new botnet called Eleven11bot was spotted in the wild It leverages weak and default credentials to compromise IoT devices The botnet is...

This dangerous malware botnet now covers 1.6 million Android TVs – find out if you’re at risk
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This dangerous malware botnet now covers 1.6 million Android TVs – find out if you’re at risk

Researchers find a new variant of the Vo1d botnet It seems to be designed to be an anonymous proxy At peak, it counted...

Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology devices hijacked to major botnet
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Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology devices hijacked to major botnet

Sekoia spots hackers abusing a known flaw in Cisco devices This leads to the discovery of a botnet called PolarEdge Most victims are...

Massive botnet is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts across the world
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Massive botnet is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts across the world

A new password spraying attack was recently observed It targets organizations and M365 accounts in the West The attack focuses on Non-Interactive Sign-Ins...