Check Your Asus Router for Malware ASAP

Your Asus router may have been targeted by a sophisticated form of malware capable of adding devices to a botnet and using ...

14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns

Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices—primarily made by ...
The Independent on MSN

Criminals hijack devices to create never-before-seen cyber weapon

Criminals hijack thousands of devices to create never-before-seen cyber weapon - Victims of the KadNap botnet are spread ...
Bleeping Computer

New Mirai botnet targets industrial routers with zero-day exploits

A relatively new Mirai-based botnet has been growing in sophistication and is now leveraging zero-day exploits for security flaws in industrial routers and smart home devices. Exploitation of ...
Dark Reading

Mirai Botnets Exploit Flaw in Wazuh Security Platform

Two separate Mirai botnet campaigns are exploiting a critical flaw in a somewhat unlikely target. The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team recently observed exploitation of CVE-2025-24016, a ...
Bleeping Computer

Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware

A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-11120 ...
CSOonline

Mirai botnet weaponizes PoC to exploit Wazuh open-source XDR flaw

Popular for monitoring Docker containers, Wazuh is being exploited by two Mirai botnet variants — one of which aligns closely with researchers’ previously released proof-of-concept attack against the ...
Dark Reading

RondoDox Botnet: an 'Exploit Shotgun' for Edge Vulns

A new botnet is exploiting dozens of known vulnerabilities in hard-to-patch edge devices. "RondoDox" is characteristically unlike most botnets, researchers from Trend Micro said in a report on ...
TweakTown

ASUS router users warned: global hacking exploit detected requires factory reset

TL;DR: GreyNoise uncovered the AyySSHush botnet infecting over 8,000 hosts, mainly ASUS routers, exploiting known bypass bugs to gain persistent SSH backdoor access that survives firmware updates.
FOX 5 Atlanta

BADBOX 2.0 Botnet alert: FBI warns smart TVs, digital device may have exploit

Cyber criminals are exploiting IoT devices in homes to create a botnet called BADBOX 2.0, enabling illegal online activities. Most compromised devices are manufactured in China and become infected ...
PC Gamer

Horrible news: exploit found in Humanoid robots capable of 'creating a robot botnet that spreads without user intervention' over Bluetooth

The phrase 'humanoid robots as attack vectors' just sent a chill up my spine. Though a fix for this specific exploit is reportedly rolling out. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...