Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group

Google has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a what is believed to be the largest smart TV botnet in the world — BadBox 2.0. <br /> The company said in its complaint that this China-ba [...]

A Chinese state-linked botnet has grown to 1,500 hacked routers and is mapping vulnerable targets within hours of disclosure

A covert botnet linked to Chinese state-sponsored hackers has more than doubled in size and is now scanning for newly disclosed vulnerabilities within hours of publication. The JDY botnet comprises ov [...]

Prosecutors charge man who allegedly used botnet to take down X this spring

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 runnin [...]

17 million strong botnet of compromised devices dismantled by Dutch authorities

The botnet is theorized to be related to Asocks, with the possibility the proxy network has bitten the dust. [...]

A massive new DDoS botnet has already snared 1.8 million devices - here's what we know about Kimwolf

Researchers discovered a new botnet called Kimwolf, allegedly built by the same brain behind AISURU. [...]

Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology devices hijacked to major botnet

The goal of the botnet has not yet been determined, but many devices are under threat. [...]

Google sues alleged hackers behind BadBox 2.0 botnet which has infected millions of devices

25 unnamed individuals were allegedly operateing a 10 million-strong botnet, selling residential proxies and running ad fraud. [...]

This dangerous malware botnet now covers 1.6 million Android TVs - find out if you're at risk

The operators seem to be "renting out" infected devices to the Vo1d botnet. [...]

This worrying botnet targets unsecure TP-Link routers - thousands of devices already hacked

Security researchers spotted a new botnet named Ballista abusing a TO-Link router vulnerability [...]