Latest about botnets
US and friends disrupt world's largest DDoS botnet responsible for record 31.4 Tbps global attacks
US law enforcement, with help from partners in Canada and Germany, disrupted four of the largest DDoS botnets.
Security researchers develop automated malware removal that works like a vaccine
ECHO open source tool hijacks malware’s own update mechanisms to neutralize infections, offering a faster, scalable way to fight botnets.
This malware botnet bricked over 600,000 routers in coordinated attack — but no one is really sure why
Pumpkin Eclipse destroys hundreds of thousands of routers all belonging to the same ISP.
Global botnets are being abused by hackers — and they can even hide all the evidence using ORB networks
Threat actors are hiding their activity behind complex "ORB networks" of compromised devices which are really hard to spot.
Web apps and APIs were attacked more than ever last year
Barracuda report finds web applications and APIs are popular with threat actors.
Powerful botnet found to be launching some of the biggest DDoS attacks ever
Cybersecurity firm StormWall uncovers powerful botnet wreaking havoc online.
The ‘king of fraud’ who commanded an army of millions
Aleksandr Zhukov and his co-conspirators executed one of the largest ad fraud operations the world has ever seen.
The future of cybersecurity will be about ‘fighting fire with fire’
Max Heinemeyer, Director of Threat Hunting at Darktrace, believes offensive AI will change how we think about cybersecurity.
