The IoT-targeted malware has also added new exploits for initial compromise, for Huawei, Realtek and Dasan GPON devices. Several variants of the Gafgyt Linux-based botnet malware family have ...

On Wednesday, at about 12:15 pm EST, 1.35 terabits per second of traffic hit the developer platform GitHub all at once. It was the most powerful distributed denial of service attack recorded to ...

A new botnet is actively targeting IoT devices using payloads compiled for a dozen CPU architectures and uses them to launch several types of DDoS and to spread various types of malware. The Dark ...

The newly discovered malware infects IoT devices in tandem with the prolific Gafgyt botnet, using known security vulnerabilities. A recently developed botnet named “Simps” has emerged from the ...

A new way to amplify distributed denial-of-service attacks ended up harassing Github on Wednesday. The ensuing DDoS attack generated a flood of internet traffic that peaked at 1.35 Terabits per second ...

For nearly a month, a new botnet has been slowly growing in the shadows, feasting on unsecured Apache Hadoop servers, and planting bots on vulnerable servers to be used for future DDoS attacks. First ...

A new botnet has been discovered in the wild that targets Android devices to facilitate distributed denial-of-service attacks. Discovered and detailed Tuesday by researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab, the ...

The security firm Damballa is warning of a large and fast growing botnet created specifically to deliver distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on demand for anyone willing to pay for the ...