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Botnet exploits weak passwords to breach crypto and blockchain servers
Cryptocurrency and blockchain project databases with weak credentials and AI-generated are being hacked through deployment patterns picked up by botnets, according to new research from Check Point. A ...
Kimwolf grew rapidly in the waning months of 2025 by tricking various “residential proxy” services into relaying malicious commands to devices on the local networks of those proxy endpoints.
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 ...
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Why your Android TV box might be secretly running a botnet
Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you watch on them but because of what they might be doing in the background.
The Kimwolf botnet compromised more than 2 million Android devices, turning them into residential proxies for DDoS attacks and traffic abuse.
Ransomware delivery slowed in the first quarter of 2017, indicating hackers are retooling and rapidly improving delivery techniques, according to a PhishMe report released Tuesday morning. ‘Ransomware ...
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 ...
Microsoft says the attack, sourced from more than 500,000 compromised IPs, exposes deep weaknesses in home IoT and raises questions about enterprise DDoS readiness. Azure has blocked its largest DDoS ...
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