A new version of the Miori botnet added protection to the login panel of its command and control server, hanging a "not welcome" message for connections likely coming from a security researcher. Until ...

Using an on-again, off-again strategy of C2 communication helps it hide from researchers. Necurs, the prolific and globally dispersed spam and malware distribution botnet, has been spotted using a ...

A botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities is abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to stay under the radar. According to new research published by Akamai on Tuesday, the technique is ...

The PurpleFox botnet has refreshed its arsenal with new vulnerability exploits and dropped payloads, now also leveraging WebSockets for C2 bidirectional communication. Although it's mainly based in ...

Recent attacks are targeting Next.js servers and pose a significant threat of cryptomining and other malicious activity to ...

When hackers corral infected computers into a botnet, they take special care to ensure they don’t lose control of the server that sends commands and updates to the compromised devices. The precautions ...

Last week, Google announced that it had partially disrupted the operations of a massive botnet—a gargantuan network of over one million malware-infected Windows computers. In the world of ...

Good guy vigilante, or error in coding? A strange botnet has appeared on the scene which instead of infecting devices in order to enslave them, appears to be actually ...

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet – that’s actively targeting vulnerable D-Link and Internet of Things devices – is the first variant of the malware to rely on Tor communications, researchers say.

Botnets have been around for over two decades, and with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), they have spread further to devices no one imagined they would: routers, mobile devices, and even ...