Aeternum C2, a native C++ botnet loader, operates on smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain, increasing its resilience.

Abstract: End-user Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras, smart appliances, home monitors, and thermostats, are becoming more prevalent in households. Additionally, the ...

From your front stoop to your hallway, kitchen and living room, the internet of things is constantly connected. Any vulnerability can put you at risk. Sometimes it's obvious and you'll hear stories ...

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

A hot potato: For years, cloud providers and internet backbone operators have been able to absorb smaller-scale assaults. Whether their defenses can withstand the reach of today's massive botnets ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating a vast network of hacked devices that has been blamed for knocking Elon Musk’s X social-media site offline earlier this year.

Two separate Mirai botnet campaigns are exploiting a critical flaw in a somewhat unlikely target. The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team recently observed exploitation of CVE-2025-24016, a ...

We’re only three weeks into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be the year of Internet of Things-driven DDoSes. Reports are rolling in of threat actors infecting thousands of home and office routers ...

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...

Botnets are networks of hijacked computer devices used to carry out various scams and cyber attacks, under control of a single attacking party. According to Marlink’s Security Operations Center (SOC) ...