Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices

Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices ...
Computerworld

Botnet test that aimed DDoS at ISP leads to guilty plea

The second man charged in 2006 computer attacks on The Planet and T35 Hosting has agreed to plead guilty. According to court filings, Thomas James Frederick Smith is set to plead guilty before a ...
Network World

SSHStalker botnet brute-forces its way onto 7,000 Linux machines

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...
Bleeping Computer

New Aquabotv3 botnet malware targets Mitel command injection flaw

A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet malware Aquabot has been observed actively exploiting CVE-2024-41710, a command injection vulnerability in Mitel SIP phones. The activity was discovered by ...
CSOonline

New Mirai botnet fires off DDoS attacks via compromised Mitel phones, notifies command ...

Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team. A third variant of the Mirai-based ...

Hackers resurrect the 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker

Hackers resurrect 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker, using old exploits to quietly compromise thousands of Linux servers globally ...