This devious botnet tried a trial run during the recent AWS outage

Shortly after ShadowV2’s test run, Azure was hit with the “largest-ever” cloud-based DDOS attack, carried out by the Aisuru ...

New ShadowV2 botnet malware used AWS outage as a test opportunity

A new Mirai-based botnet malware named 'ShadowV2' has been observed targeting IoT devices from D-Link, TP-Link, and other ...
Statetechmagazine

IoT Botnets Remain a Critical Cybersecurity Threat to State and Local Governments

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. The era of bots has arrived. According to ...
Ars Technica

The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes

We’re only three weeks into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be the year of Internet of Things-driven DDoSes. Reports are rolling in of threat actors infecting thousands of home and office routers ...
Network World

Azure blocks record 15 Tbps DDoS attack as IoT botnets gain new firepower

Microsoft says the attack, sourced from more than 500,000 compromised IPs, exposes deep weaknesses in home IoT and raises ...
Nasdaq

Nokia Threat Intelligence Report finds malicious IoT botnet activity has sharply increased

Number of IoT devices (bots) engaged in botnet-driven DDoS attacks rose from around 200,000 a year ago to approximately 1 million devices This sharp increase, also supplemented by the increased use of ...
Dark Reading

Beware of 'TheMoon' – Evolving Botnets

It's difficult for security professionals to communicate just how relentless their work is, especially when resurgent threats emerge. If you aren’t dealing with the "whack-a-mole" nature of the ...
Threat Post

IoT Botnets Fuel DDoS Attacks – Are You Prepared?

The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies DDoS attacks today. This is a dangerous warning that the possibility of a sophisticated DDoS attack ...
Ars Technica

Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four years—until now

The FBI has dismantled a massive network of compromised devices that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have used for four years to mount attacks on government agencies, telecoms, defense contractors, ...

IoT’s botnet problem is up 500% – three things admins must do now

Botnet activity on connected devices is up 500% thanks to default passwords, outdated software, and inadequate security ...
SecurityWeek

Largest Azure DDoS Attack Powered by Aisuru Botnet

Microsoft recently mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at its Azure cloud service.
Dark Reading

McAfee: IoT & Crypomining Malware Growth Exploded in Q3

Malware that specifically targets Internet of Things devices continued to increase in the third quarter of this year as attackers took advantage of the lax security practices of connected devices, a ...