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Botnet of devices infected with Chaos malware ‘rapidly growing’ across Europe
Brief Botnet of devices infected with Chaos malware ‘rapidly growing’ across Europe

Jonathan Greig September 28, 2022

State Department offers up to $10 million for info on foreign election interference

Martin Matishak July 1, 2022

State Department offers up to $10 million for info on foreign election interference
Russian government procured powerful botnet to shift social media trending topics

Jonathan Greig May 20, 2022

Russian government procured powerful botnet to shift social media trending topics
US recovers $15 million in profits from 3ve ad fraud scheme
Brief US recovers $15 million in profits from 3ve ad fraud scheme

Andrea Peterson May 18, 2022

Ukrainian sentenced to 4 years for selling hacked passwords
Brief Ukrainian sentenced to 4 years for selling hacked passwords

Emma Vail May 12, 2022

Microsoft uses court order to disrupt ZLoader botnet
Brief Microsoft uses court order to disrupt ZLoader botnet

Jonathan Greig April 13, 2022

US disrupts prolific botnet controlled by Russian military, DOJ says

Jonathan Greig April 6, 2022

US disrupts prolific botnet controlled by Russian military, DOJ says
TrickBot gang shuts down botnet after months of inactivity

Catalin Cimpanu February 24, 2022

TrickBot gang shuts down botnet after months of inactivity
FritzFrog botnet returns with new attacks after more than a year of inactivity

Catalin Cimpanu February 10, 2022

FritzFrog botnet returns with new attacks after more than a year of inactivity
New Log4j attacks target SolarWinds, ZyXEL devices
Brief New Log4j attacks target SolarWinds, ZyXEL devices

Catalin Cimpanu January 20, 2022

New Abcbot botnet goes after Chinese cloud providers

Catalin Cimpanu December 21, 2021

New Abcbot botnet goes after Chinese cloud providers
New PseudoManuscrypt malware has infected 35,000 systems this year

Catalin Cimpanu December 16, 2021

New PseudoManuscrypt malware has infected 35,000 systems this year
TP-Link routers under attack from Dark.IoT botnet
Brief TP-Link routers under attack from Dark.IoT botnet

Catalin Cimpanu December 9, 2021

Google disrupts Glupteba botnet, files lawsuit against two Russians

Catalin Cimpanu December 7, 2021

Google disrupts Glupteba botnet, files lawsuit against two Russians
AT&T takes action against DDoS botnet that hijacked VoIP servers

Catalin Cimpanu November 30, 2021

AT&T takes action against DDoS botnet that hijacked VoIP servers
Emotet botnet returns after law enforcement mass-uninstall operation

Catalin Cimpanu November 15, 2021

Emotet botnet returns after law enforcement mass-uninstall operation
GitLab servers are being exploited in DDoS attacks in excess of 1 Tbps

Catalin Cimpanu November 4, 2021

GitLab servers are being exploited in DDoS attacks in excess of 1 Tbps
Two Eastern Europeans sentenced for providing ‘bulletproof hosting” services

Dina Temple-Raston October 20, 2021

Two Eastern Europeans sentenced for providing ‘bulletproof hosting” services
A malware botnet has made more than $24.7 million since 2019

Catalin Cimpanu October 14, 2021

A malware botnet has made more than $24.7 million since 2019
Microsoft said it mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack

Catalin Cimpanu October 11, 2021

Microsoft said it mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack
Ukraine arrests operator of DDoS botnet with 100,000 bots
Brief Ukraine arrests operator of DDoS botnet with 100,000 bots

Catalin Cimpanu October 11, 2021

Botnet abuses TP-Link routers for years in SMS messaging-as-a-service scheme

Catalin Cimpanu October 7, 2021

Botnet abuses TP-Link routers for years in SMS messaging-as-a-service scheme
Turkish national charged for DDoS attacks with the WireX botnet
Brief Turkish national charged for DDoS attacks with the WireX botnet

Catalin Cimpanu September 29, 2021

Russian security firm sinkholes part of the dangerous Meris DDoS botnet

Catalin Cimpanu September 21, 2021

Russian security firm sinkholes part of the dangerous Meris DDoS botnet
Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet

Catalin Cimpanu September 9, 2021

Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet