Security
Headlines
HeadlinesLatestCVEs

Tag

#botnet

Unpatched Zyxel CPE Zero-Day Pummeled by Cyberattackers

VulnCheck initially disclosed the critical command-injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-40891) six months ago, but Zyxel has yet to mention its existence or offer users a patch to mitigate threats.

DARKReading
#vulnerability#intel#botnet#auth#telnet#zero_day
FBI Seizes Leading Hacking Forums Cracked.to and Nulled.to

Nulled.to and Cracked.to, major hacking forums, appear seized by the FBI as DNS records point to FBI servers.…

Mirai Variant 'Aquabot' Exploits Mitel Device Flaws

Yet another spinoff of the infamous DDoS botnet is exploiting a known vulnerability in active attacks, while its threat actors are promoting it on Telegram for other attackers to use as well, in a DDoS-as-a-service model.

In Gaming Item Scams and How to Avoid Them?

The popularity of the TF2 gaming and trading scene attracts scammers with phishing, fake trades, and malicious tools.…

SonicWall SMA Appliances Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks

Critical security flaw in SonicWall SMA 1000 appliances (CVE-2025-23006) exploited as a zero-day. Rated CVSS 9.8, patch immediately…

Cloudflare Mitigates Massive 5.6 Tbps Mirai-Variant DDoS Attack

Cloudflare mitigates a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack, highlighting the growing threat of hyper-volumetric assaults. Learn about the…

Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet

Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the attacks have leveraged the security flaw since June 2024. Additional details about the shortcomings have been withheld to prevent further abuse. Some

Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices

Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its customers, an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern Asia. The activity originated

Mirai Botnet Spinoffs Unleash Global Wave of DDoS Attacks

Two separate campaigns are targeting flaws in various IoT devices globally, with the goal of compromising them and propagating malware worldwide.

New Mirai Variant Murdoc_Botnet Launches DDoS Attacks via IoT Exploits

This article explores the recent campaign of Murdoc_Botnet, a malware variant of Mirai targeting vulnerable AVTECH and Huawei…