Botnet
FBI: BADBOX 2.0 Android malware infects millions of consumer devices
The FBI is warning that the BADBOX 2.0 malware campaign has infected over 1 million home Internet-connected devices, converting consumer electronics into residential proxies that are used for malicious activity. The BADBOX botnet is commonly found on Chinese Android-based smart TVs, streaming boxes, projectors, tablets, and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. “The BADBOX 2.0 botnet consists […]
New PumaBot botnet brute forces SSH credentials to breach devices
A newly discovered Go-based Linux botnet malware named PumaBot is brute-forcing SSH credentials on embedded IoT devices to deploy malicious payloads. The targeted nature of PumaBot is also evident by the fact it targets specific IPs based on lists pulled from a command-and-control (C2) server instead of broader scanning of the internet. Targeting surveillance cams Darktrace […]
Botnet hacks 9,000+ ASUS routers to add persistent SSH backdoor
Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys. The campaign was discovered by GreyNoise security researchers in mid-March 2025, who reports that it carries the hallmarks of a nation-state threat actor, though no concrete attributions were made. The threat monitoring firm […]
US indicts leader of Qakbot botnet linked to ransomware attacks
The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation that compromised over 700,000 computers and enabled ransomware attacks. As per court documents, Gallyamov started to develop Qakbot (also known as Qbot and Pinkslipbot) in 2008 and deployed it to create a network of thousands of infected […]
Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. The U.S. Justice Department also indicted three Russian nationals (Alexey Viktorovich Chertkov, Kirill Vladimirovich Morozov, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shishkin) and a Kazakhstani (Dmitriy Rubtsov) for their […]
FBI: End-of-life routers hacked for cybercrime proxy networks
The FBI warns that threat actors are deploying malware on end-of-life (EoL) routers to convert them into proxies sold on the 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. These devices, which were released many years back and no longer receive security updates from their vendors, are vulnerable to external attacks leveraging publicly available exploits to inject persistent malware. Once […]
Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server RCE flaw now exploited in attacks
Hackers are exploiting an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server to hijack devices and deploy malware. Samsung MagicINFO Server is a centralized content management system (CMS) used to remotely manage and control digital signage displays made by Samsung. It is used by retail stores, airports, hospitals, corporate buildings, and […]
Police detains Smokeloader malware customers, seizes servers
In follow-up activity for Operation Endgame, law enforcement tracked down Smokeloader botnet’s customers and detained at least five individuals. During Operation Endgame last year, more than 100 servers used by major malware loader operations (e.g. IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, SystemBC) were seized. In a press release today, Europol informs that the operation continues as law enforcement […]
New Mirai botnet behind surge in TVT DVR exploitation
A significant spike in exploitation attempts targeting TVT NVMS9000 DVRs has been detected, peaking on April 3, 2025, with over 2,500 unique IPs scanning for vulnerable devices. The attacks attempt to exploit an information disclosure vulnerability first disclosed by an SSD Advisory in May 2024, which published the full exploitation details on retrieving admin credentials in cleartext using […]
Unpatched Edimax IP camera flaw actively exploited in botnet attacks
A critical command injection vulnerability impacting the Edimax IC-7100 IP camera is currently being exploited by botnet malware to compromise devices. The flaw was discovered by Akamai researchers, who confirmed to GeekFeed that the flaw is exploited in attacks that are still ongoing. Akamai researcher Kyle Lefton told GeekFeed that they will provide more technical […]