Cloudflare has sent us a copy of its quarterly DDoS threat report, and it makes for hair-raising reading. The gigantic CDN provider claims that it recorded "an unprecedented bombardment" from a botnet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of an IBM X-Force threat intelligence report ...

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...

Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai -derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets ...

In today’s cyber threat landscape, attacks are no longer always loud or immediate. Many of the most damaging incidents begin quietly hidden within normal network activity, disguised as legitimate ...

The Justice Department said the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s (DoDIG) Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) executed seizure warrants targeting multiple U.S.-registered ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team. A third variant of the Mirai-based ...

A series of known and powerful botnets are ramping up attacks against Web-exposed assets such as PHP servers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and cloud gateways to gain control over network ...

In brief: Don't look now, but your video recorder might be part of a massive botnet pulling off record-breaking sustained DDoS attacks. The network involves compromised Shenzhen webcams and DVRs. The ...