C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with ...
Bleeping Computer

Beastmode botnet boosts DDoS power with new router exploits

A Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet tracked as Beastmode (aka B3astmode) has updated its list of exploits to include several new ones, three of them targeting various models of ...
Hosted on MSN

New KadNap botnet hijacks thousands of Asus routers for cyberattacks

A newly identified botnet called KadNap has compromised thousands of Asus routers worldwide by exploiting weaknesses in the devices’ remote-access features, turning ordinary home networking equipment ...
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 ...

Huge botnet linked to Russia infected over 10 million devices before being shut down

A huge botnet that was supposedly linked to Russia was found to have infected over 10 million devices. Authorities in The ...
Dark Reading

New Botnet Infects 100K Routers to Blast Out Spam

A newly discovered botnet is able to infect up to 100,000 home routers at a time, in order to blast out spam by connecting to webmail servers that host Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo email accounts, ...
CSOonline

New Mirai botnet targets industrial routers

The botnet’s preferred targets include Four-Faith and Neterbit routers or smart home devices. Experts from VulnCheck reported at the end of December that a vulnerability in Four-Faith industrial ...
Dark Reading

Router-Based Botnet On The Loose

Now your routers can become zombies, too: Researchers have discovered a botnet that uses home DSL devices to build out its army. The so-called "psyb0t" malware may be the first such code to go after ...
TechRepublic

Botnet Attack Targeted Routers: A Wake-Up Call for Securing Remote Employees’ Hardware

The FBI spotted this state-sponsored attack that highlights how home office setups can be overlooked when it comes to employees’ cybersecurity. Update: Multiple U.S. and international government ...
PC World

Update your Asus router’s firmware right now or risk botnet infection

When thinking about computer security, you probably consider your PC and phone first and foremost. But there’s a lot of hardware between you and the nebulous malefactors of the internet, and it’s ...
Ars Technica

Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet

Miscreants are actively exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities to wrangle routers and video recorders into a hostile botnet used in distributed denial-of-service attacks, researchers from ...