Bleeping Computer

AVrecon malware infects 70,000 Linux routers to build botnet

Since at least May 2021, stealthy Linux malware called AVrecon was used to infect over 70,000 Linux-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers and add them to a botnet designed to steal bandwidth ...
TechSpot

Hackers exploited free VPN services to build a massive botnet, used home PCs to commit fraud

Bottom line: The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the shady individuals behind the notorious 911 S5 botnet hacking operation. This malicious network of compromised residential computers ...
Threat Post

Zero-Days in Counter-Strike Client Used to Build Major Botnet

A full 39 percent of Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers on Steam were found to be malicious. A proprietor of a Counter-Strike gaming server promotion service has used multiple zero-days in the ...
Threat Post

GoBotKR Targets Pirate Torrents to Build a DDoS Botnet

The authors have tweaked a known piece of malware to specifically target Korean TV fans. A botnet dubbed GoBotKR is targeting fans of Korean TV, compromising computers via pirated copies of South ...
ZDNet

Dark web crooks are now teaching courses on how to build botnets

Botnets are one of the key drivers of cyberattacks, used to distribute malware, ransomware and other malicious payloads – and dark web forums are now offering lessons on how to make money from them, a ...
Yahoo

Cisco security flaw exploited to build botnet of thousands of devices

A high-severity vulnerability plaguing old Cisco routers is being used to build a malicious, global botnet, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers Sekoia published an in-depth report on the ...
ZDNet

IoT hacker builds Huawei-based botnet, enslaves 18,000 devices in one day

How long does it take to build a botnet? Not long, if you consider Anarchy's 18,000-device-strong creation, brought to life in only 24 hours. The security teams realized there has been a huge recent ...
eWeek

New Mac Malware Too Buggy to Build Botnet, Sophos Says

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Security researchers at multiple vendors have reported ...
SDxCentral

AT&T Security Chief: Build it Like a Botnet

If botnets are so resilient, why not use a similar structure for building regular networks? Ed Amoroso, head honcho of security at AT&T, thinks that's the way to go. Security pros should architect ...
Wired

Air Force Colonel Wants to Build a Military Botnet

While most government agencies are struggling to keep their computers out of the latest Russian botnets, Col. Charles W. Williamson III is proposing that the Air Force build its own zombie network, so ...
Bleeping Computer

Router Crapfest: Malware Author Builds 18,000-Strong Botnet in a Day

A malware author has built a huge botnet comprised of over 18,000 routers in the span of only one day. The botnet has been built by exploiting a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers, tracked as ...