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Virus background against digital Russian flag showing Russian GRU botnet malware
Cyber SecurityNews

The FBI Disrupted Russian GRU Botnet Malware Through a Court Order Before It Could Be Weaponized

April 15, 2022
The operation disrupted Russian GRU control over infected devices by removing Cyclops Blink botnet malware from the infected WatchGuard Firebox devices used as command-and-control (C2) servers.
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Man typing keyboard with virus warning on screen showing cryptojacking botnet
Cyber SecurityNews

Google Disrupts Glupteba Cryptojacking Botnet With Removal of Hosted Ads, Documents and Accounts, & Notifications to Web Hosts

December 15, 2021
Pernicious botnet used for cryptojacking has taken a major blow thanks to Google. Glupteba has been operating for some months and was thought to be compromising thousands of people per day at its peak.
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AT&T logo in front of building showing botnet targeting VoIP servers
Cyber SecurityNews

Chinese Researchers Discover EwDoor Botnet Affecting up to 100,000 AT&T VoIP Servers

December 13, 2021
Botnet discovered by Chinese researchers introduced a backdoor and a web shell on compromised AT&T VoIP servers, mostly in the US, for DDoS attacks and data exfiltration.
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Yandex application icons on a mobile phone screen showing DDoS attack by Meris botnet
Cyber SecurityNews

Russian Internet Giant Yandex Wards off the Largest Botnet DDoS Attack in History

September 16, 2021
Yandex warded off the largest DDoS attack in history recorded at 22 million requests per second and attributed to a new botnet Meris that exploits MikroTik devices.
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Open padlock on the computer keyboard showing Microsoft and Cyber Command takedown of TrickBot botnet
Cyber SecurityNews

US Cyber Command Teams With Microsoft To Limit TrickBot Botnet Ahead of Expected Election Interference

October 21, 2020
The US Cyber Command is expecting the TrickBot botnet to be involved in election interference attempts, and is actively running persistent operations against it along with Microsoft.
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Padlock icon on circuit chip showing how botnet Dark Nexus is threatening IoT security
Cyber SecurityInsights

Security Has Become an Arms Race

June 26, 2020
Rapidly evolving botnet Dark Nexus is threatening IoT security as the dependency on connected devices grows with remote working during COVID-19 pandemic.
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Man typing on keyboard next to a robot showing Russia’s FSB building a massive IoT botnet capable of running nation-state DDoS attacks
Cyber SecurityNews

Nation-State DDoS Attacks May Be the “New Normal”; Leaked Documents Reveal Russia’s FSB Is Seeking to Build a Massive IoT Botnet

April 3, 2020
Stolen documents from Russia’s FSB indicate that the country is building an IoT botnet capable of gigantic DDoS attacks by rounding up millions of poorly-secured devices.
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Red robot among black robots showing the hidden dangers of malicious bots
Cyber SecurityInsights

The Hidden Dangers of Malicious Bots

March 13, 2020
Learn about the top five attacks that use malicious bots and find out how organizations can keep the harmful automated traffic out of their companies sites and away from their customers.
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Hacker working on laptop showing Botnet owner reveals Telnet access credentials for over half a million devices
Cyber SecurityNews

Botnet Owner Reveals Telnet Access Credentials for Over Half a Million Devices

January 31, 2020
Owner of a botnet has leaked the access credentials for more than 515,000 servers and claimed they were changing business models to make use of cloud service providers instead.
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A group of robots showing the growing trend of using bots by online travel agencies
Cyber SecurityInsights

Bots on the Beach: The Holidaymakers You Don’t See on Your Flight

September 19, 2019
A trend is growing where online travel agencies and travel aggregators are unleashing armies of bots to run price scraping operations which may in certain cases, hoard tickets and prevent humans from making travel arrangements.
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7 Tips for Launching a Security Awareness Training Program

KFC Drive thru at night showing ransomware attack

KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Ransomware Attack Shuts Down 300 Restaurants in the UK

Exterior of T-Mobile store showing data breach

T-Mobile Data Breach: Hacker Accessed Personal Details of 37 Million Subscribers

Developer working on laptop showing software supply chain attacks

Why Securing Software Should Go Far Beyond Trusting Your Vendors

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