Abstract: The extensive and ever-changing nature of Internet of Things (IoT) networks presents unique cybersecurity challenges, making them especially vulnerable to botnet attacks. The inability of ...

These metrics should be used as conversation starters and indicators, not as absolute measures of performance. They are most valuable when: Used to identify trends over time Combined with qualitative ...

For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed ...

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, ...

A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. The protocol was invented in 1988, and its ...

Estimated to have infected 7,000 systems, the botnet uses a mass-compromise pipeline, deploying various scanners and malware. A newly identified Linux botnet is relying on decade-and-a-half-old ...

Researchers revealed a Phorpiex-distributed phishing campaign using malicious LNK files to deploy Global Group ransomware designed to operate entirely offline. Forcepoint X-Labs researchers have ...