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TVT DVRs become prime target for Mirai botnet
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TVT DVRs become prime target for Mirai botnet

GreyNoise says scannings for vulnerable TVT DVRs are spiking More than 2,500 unique IP addresses were hunting at one point A 2024 vulnerability...

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

Old TP-Link router flaw is being abused again The threat actors are building out a botnet named Ballista They are operating from Italy...

Another top security camera maker is seeing devices hijacked into botnet
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Another top security camera maker is seeing devices hijacked into botnet

A vulnerability in an old camera is being used to create a botnet The camera is no longer supported by its vendor and...

Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks
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Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks

A new botnet called Eleven11bot was spotted in the wild It leverages weak and default credentials to compromise IoT devices The botnet is...

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

Researchers find a new variant of the Vo1d botnet It seems to be designed to be an anonymous proxy At peak, it counted...

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

Sekoia spots hackers abusing a known flaw in Cisco devices This leads to the discovery of a botnet called PolarEdge Most victims are...

Massive botnet is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts across the world
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Massive botnet is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts across the world

A new password spraying attack was recently observed It targets organizations and M365 accounts in the West The attack focuses on Non-Interactive Sign-Ins...

Watch out, your office phone could be hijacked into a Mirai botnet
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Watch out, your office phone could be hijacked into a Mirai botnet

A vulnerability in Mitel phones is being abused once again Hackers are using the bug to deploy a variant of Mirai and run...

Dangerous new botnet targets webcams, routers across the world
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Dangerous new botnet targets webcams, routers across the world

Security researchers observe new botnet-building campaign called Murdoc Its attacks are targeting IP cameras and routers More than 1,000 devices have been identified...