The first ThreatsDay Bulletin of 2026 tracks GhostAd adware, macOS malware, proxy botnets, cloud exploits, and more emerging ...

From record-breaking DDoS attacks to millions infected by malicious extensions, this week delivered some of the most alarming cyber incidents of the year. I've been writing and editing stories for ...

Time and again, hackers infect other people’s computers as well as routers or other network devices in order to misuse them for their botnet. What’s a botnet, you ask? Simply put, it’s a collection of ...

From your front stoop to your hallway, kitchen and living room, the internet of things is constantly connected. Any vulnerability can put you at risk. Sometimes it's obvious and you'll hear stories ...

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.

Microsoft Azure Fends Off ‘Largest DDoS Attack Ever Observed in the Cloud’ Your email has been sent Microsoft confirmed that Azure blocked a denial-of-service attack that involved more than 500,000 IP ...

For the past week, domains associated with the massive Aisuru botnet have repeatedly usurped Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft in Cloudflare’s public ranking of the most frequently requested ...

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 ...

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

The US Department of Justice has charged 22-year-old Oregon man Ethan Foltz in relation to his alleged involvement in the development and administration of RapperBot, a notorious DDoS-for-hire botnet.

An Oregon man has been charged in a federal complaint today on allegations of operating a botnet for hire that conducted cyberattacks beginning at least in 2021. Ethan Foltz has been accused of ...