Engineers working on firmware updates Multiple models of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers have vulnerabilities that might be exploited to create a botnet, security researchers at IOActive warn.…
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Flaws found in Linksys routers that could be used to create a botnet
Trump hacking claims look like red herring Police in Barcelona have arrested a man suspected of being one of the web’s top spammers and the possible operator of a major botnet.…
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Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet
New variant of ‘Tsunami’ is a disaster waiting to happen Hackers have brewed up a new variant of the IoT/Linux botnet “Tsunami” that exploits a year-old but as yet unresolved vulnerability.…
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‘Amnesia’ IoT botnet feasts on year-old unpatched vulnerability
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an hour, while the targeted company can end up losing thousands, if not millions of dollars.…
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Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?
? Botnet knocked down, but it gets up again ? Aficionados of salacious smut sites in the UK and Canada are picking up some nasty software that infects systems by using corrupted pop-under adverts.…
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Web smut seekers take resurgent Ramnit malware from behind
DDoSing over 100Gbps up 140%. Mirai worst but Spike peaks at 517Gbps DDoS attacks more than doubled in the last quarter of 2016 compared to the same period the year before.…
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Battle of the botnets: My zombie horde’s bigger than yours
Hospitals advised to use Bing instead Exclusive Google is blocking access to the entire NHS network, mistaking the amount of traffic it is currently receiving as a cyber attack.…
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Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet
Toy-makers, please quit this rubbish, you’re NO GOOD at security Here’s your future botnet, world: connected kids toys that will Rickroll their owners while hosing big servers and guessing the nuclear codes.…
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Furby Rickroll demo: what fresh hell is this?
Carbanak: It’s not just a caramel-flavoured choc-trocity. It’s also malware The Carbanak cyber criminal gang is abusing Google’s infrastructure as a conduit for botnet control.…
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‘Beeeellion-dollar’ mastercrooks in hotel, restaurant blitzkrieg
Another reason to avoid those DEF CON charging stations. Google has capped a dangerous but somewhat obscure boot mode vulnerability that allowed infected PCs and chargers to put top end Nexus phones into denial of service states.…
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Google caps punch-yourself-in-the-face malicious charger hack