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Kimwolf DDoS botnet already grabbed 1.8M devices. What we know

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics.

Nearly 2 million Android devices hijacked by massive new botnet — how to see if yours are infected

On October 30th, Cloudfare data identified a strange website that briefly surpassed Google as the most popular website ...
Bleeping Computer

AVrecon malware infects 70,000 Linux routers to build botnet

The malware has largely managed to evade detection since it was first spotted in May 2021 when it was targeting Netgear routers. Since then, it went undetected for over two years, slowly ensnaring new ...
The Hacker News

Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

Kimwolf botnet infected 1.8 million Android TV devices and issued 1.7 billion DDoS commands, using ENS to hide its control ...
Business Wire

Cyware Launches Industry’s First Pre-Configured Threat Intelligence Platform with Team Cymru

New packaged solution allows security teams to operationalize threat intelligence to identify, analyze, and mitigate malware & botnets with precision and speed NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyware, the ...
SecurityWeek

‘Kimwolf’ Android Botnet Ensnares 1.8 Million Devices

Consisting of over 1.8 million infected devices, the Kimwolf Android Botnet focuses on traffic proxying, but can also launch ...
techtimes

SOHO Router-Targeting Botnet AVrecon Infiltrates More Than 70,000 Devices in 20 Countries: How Dangerous Is This Malware Strain?

A stealthy Linux malware called AVrecon has been infecting over 70,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers, creating a botnet primarily aimed at stealing bandwidth and operating as a hidden ...
Business Wire

ExtraHop® Open Sources Machine Learning Dataset to Help Security Teams Detect Malware and Botnet Operations Faster

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExtraHop, a leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today announced it is open sourcing its expansive 16 million row dataset - one of the most robust ...
Bleeping Computer

New botnet malware exploits two zero-days to infect NVRs and routers

A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The malware ...
Dark Reading

Mylobot Botnet & Khalesi Malware Deliver One-Two Security Punch

Mylobot, a recently discovered botnet that can elude antivirus software and sandboxes, is now able to deliver Khalesi information stealer malware on infected machines as part of a secondary attack, ...
Network World

Detecting “bot rot” using log management or SIEM

There are many kinds of tools that can help detect the presence of a bot. Log management and SIEM tools are helpful in detecting the communication that is a hallmark of a botnet. Experts provide their ...
CRN

Torpig Botnet Stole 70 GB Data, Security Hijack Finds

Researchers found that the Torpig botnet, a malware program designed to harvest and steal sensitive information from users' computers, stole thousands of bank accounts and credit card numbers worth ...