One of the most powerful pieces of malware began with the efforts of three American teens who were motivated by playing “Minecraft” in 2014. Called Mirai, it would go on to crash Germany’s largest ...

Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered a campaign exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in D-Link routers to spread botnet malware. A botnet is a network of ...

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 ...

A new botnet is targeting routers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and an array of server architectures. Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what ...

The IoT-targeted malware has also added new exploits for initial compromise, for Huawei, Realtek and Dasan GPON devices. Several variants of the Gafgyt Linux-based botnet malware family have ...

Cybercriminals are trying to spread multiple Mirai variants by exploiting a critical Wazuh vulnerability, researchers say – the first reported active attacks since the code execution bug was disclosed ...

Botnets built from the Mirai codebase continue to wreak havoc in the technology arena, with cyberattackers taking advantage of lax Internet of Things (IoT) security in widespread attacks. Computers ...

Level 3 Threat Research has noted an uptick in activity by new IoT botnets that are backed by the Mirai malware, with some attacks enlisting 100,000 individual hijacked devices. A significant number ...

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 ...

A widely-used surveillance camera has been found carrying a high-severity vulnerability that allows threat actors to take over the device. Researchers from Akamai recently reported cybercriminals ...

Researchers at cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. are warning of a new Mirai botnet variant that’s being used to target vulnerabilities in AVTECH Cameras and Huawei HG523 routers. The variant ...