The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices.
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Chinese Spies Built Massive Botnet of IoT Devices to Target US, Taiwan Military
Black Lotus Labs estimates that more than 200,000 routers, network-attached storage servers, and IP cameras have been ensnared in the botnet.
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Recent Zyxel NAS Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet
A Mirai-like botnet has started exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in discontinued Zyxel NAS products.
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Mysterious Threat Actor Used Chalubo Malware to Brick 600,000 Routers
Over 600,000 SOHO routers belonging to a single ISP and infected with the Chalubo trojan were rendered inoperable.
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Massive 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled, Chinese Mastermind Arrested
The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested.
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US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet
The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet.
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400,000 Linux Servers Hit by Ebury Botnet
The Ebury Linux botnet has ensnared over 400,000 Linux systems in 15 years, with roughly 100,000 still infected.
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Botnet Disrupted by FBI Still Used by Russian Spies, Cybercriminals
A botnet dismantled in January and used by Russia-linked APT28 consisted of more than just Ubiquiti Edge OS routers.
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Researchers Discover 40,000-Strong EOL Router, IoT Botnet
Malware hunters sound an alarm after discovering a 40,000-strong botnet packed with end-of-life routers and IoT devices being used in cybercriminal activities.
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US Government Urges Cleanup of Routers Infected by Russia’s APT28
The US government says Russia’s APT28 group compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to run cyberespionage operations worldwide.
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