A botnet is a collection of internet-connected devices -- including PCs, servers, mobile devices and internet of things (IoT) devices -- infected and controlled by a common type of malware, often ...

Multiple organizations worked together to take down an Android botnet called WireX. What was so bad about this botnet that so many large organizations were motivated to work together to stop it? How ...

STOCKHOLM, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arelion today announced the findings of its latest DDoS threat landscape report, providing insights on global Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) trends using ...

The Aisuru botnet has reached new heights, breaking previous Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) records with an attack peaking at 31.4 Tbps with 200 million requests per second. Also known as ...

A global botnet responsible for a record-breaking DDoS attack of 31.4 Tbps has been dismantled thanks to an international operation. The law enforcement forces of the United States, Germany, and ...

Ransomware delivery slowed in the first quarter of 2017, indicating hackers are retooling and rapidly improving delivery techniques, according to a PhishMe report released Tuesday morning. ‘Ransomware ...

A new wave of GoBruteforcer botnet malware attacks is targeting databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects on exposed servers believed to be configured using AI-generated examples.

In just three months, the massive Aisuru botnet launched more than 1,300 distributed denial-of-service attacks, one of them setting a new record with a peak at 29.7 terabits per second. Aisuru is a ...

Hot on the heels of the LeakBase takedown, the combined might of the U.S. Department of Justice and Europol brought down another gigantic botnet, the SocksEscort proxy network, in an effort spanning a ...

TP-Link patches two vulnerabilities in older SOHO routers Chinese threat actor Quad7 used the botnet for broad password-spraying attacks The flaws were severe enough to warrant firmware updates, ...

A series of known and powerful botnets are ramping up attacks against Web-exposed assets such as PHP servers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and cloud gateways to gain control over network ...

Surge in hypervolumetric attacks targeting gaming and cloud providers accompanies global rise of AI-driven botnets STOCKHOLM, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arelion today announced the findings of its ...