A novel Go-based Linux botnet, dubbed "PumaBot," has been observed targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PumaBot differentiates itself from typical botnets by remotely retrieving a list of ...

Hackers resurrect 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker, using old exploits to quietly compromise thousands of Linux servers ...

A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. The protocol was invented in 1988, and its ...

A Linux-based botnet is alive and well, powering cryptocurrency theft and financial scams years after the imprisonment of one the key perpetrators behind it. The Ebury botnet — which was first ...

A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software. See Also: Cracking the Code: Securing ...

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

Aeternum C2, a native C++ botnet loader, operates on smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain, increasing its resilience.

Among the headlines in the tech press last week was news of a massive Linux botnet that was apparently crippling various sites on the Internet with 150Gbps of traffic. After reading a number of ...

Security researchers are warning about a novel Linux botnet, dubbed PumaBot, targeting Internet of Things (IOT) surveillance devices. According to a DarkTrace observation, the botnet bypasses the ...

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...