Massive 2.45 Billion-Request DDoS Attack Uses 1.2 Million IPs to Defeat Rate Limiting in “Low and Slow” Campaign
DataDome researchers have documented a record-scale DDoS attack that delivered 2.45 billion malicious requests over five hours using 1.2 million unique IP addresses across 16,402 ASNs. Each source...
The Ballista Botnet: a new IoT threat with italian roots
Cato Networks has uncovered a sophisticated IoT botnet, dubbed Ballista, targeting TP-Link Archer routers by exploiting a two-year-old vulnerability (CVE-2023-1389). This threat, linked to an Italian threat actor,...
Large Scale Botnet AIRASHI
In August 2024, a significant cyber assault orchestrated by the AISURU botnet targeted the distribution platforms of the highly anticipated Chinese game, Black Myth: Wukong. This attack was...
Murdoc_Botnet: researchers have identified a campaign exploiting vulnerabilities in AVTECH IP cameras, in a variant of Mirai
Cybersecurity researchers have raised alarms over the emergence of the Murdoc_Botnet, a new variant of the infamous Mirai botnet that exploits vulnerabilities in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei...
Mirai-based botnet also targets Huawei routers
A new wave of cyber threats has emerged as a sophisticated Mirai-based botnet has been discovered targeting industrial routers and smart home devices using zero-day exploits. This alarming...
Raptor Train Botnet hacked 200,000+ devices worldwide
A botnet is a formidable network of compromised devices controlled by a central entity known as a bot herder. These devices, known as bots, are infected with malware...
PRC-Linked cyber actors leveraging massive botnet for malicious activities
In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the FBI, Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and National Security Agency (NSA) have exposed a significant threat to Internet-connected devices. Chinese hackers have...
Quad7 Botnet: expanding threat landscape targets routers and VPNs
The Quad7 botnet, also known as the 7777 and xlogin botnets, has gained notoriety for utilizing compromised routers to launch attacks on Microsoft 365 accounts. This sophisticated botnet...