September 19, 2024 at 06:15AM The US government disrupted a Chinese state-sponsored botnet named Raptor Train, created by Flax Typhoon. The botnet compromised over 260,000 devices, powering DDoS attacks and routing malware. Law enforcement operations successfully neutralized the botnet, despite attempted interference by the hackers. Five Eyes agencies issued a joint advisory and efforts continue … Read more
April 8, 2024 at 06:23PM Attackers target over 92,000 unpatched end-of-life D-Link NAS devices with a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Exploiting a hardcoded account and command injection flaw, threat actors deploy a Mirai malware variant to create botnets for large-scale DDoS attacks. D-Link has ceased support for these devices, advising owners to retire or … Read more
November 23, 2023 at 03:29AM Akamai has discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being exploited to distribute the Mirai malware and create botnets for DDoS attacks. The vulnerabilities target routers and network video recorders from two vendors, and the devices’ default passwords are being used. Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team has not disclosed the affected … Read more