Protecting against the growing spectrum of cyber threats, including ransomware, botnets, and data theft, is fundamental for ensuring strong cybersecurity measures. DNS can be used within such a defens ...

How to prevent your devices being used as part of a botnet As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This goes for protecting against malware and stopping your devices ...

Botnets are networks of hijacked computer devices used to carry out various scams and cyber attacks, under control of a ...

The affected routers have been leveraged into a botnet that's hammering Microsoft Azure accounts with password spray attacks, sending massive amounts of login attempts from a rotating roster of IP ...

Multiple Chinese hacking groups are using a botnet named for a TCP routing port number to conduct password spraying attacks, ...

Microsoft recently discovered a series of password spray attacks orchestrated by a Chinese botnet. This botnet has been identified as Quad7, which is using another sub-group known as ...

Microsoft warns that Chinese threat actors use the Quad7 botnet, compromised of hacked SOHO routers, to steal credentials in password-spray attacks. Quad7, also known as CovertNetwork-1658 or ...

This review first appeared in issue 360 of PC Pro. WatchGuard’s Firebox M390 shows that high-end security appliances don’t ...

ToxicPanda is a China-linked Android banking trojan spotted targeting over a dozen banks in Europe and Latin America.

Using compromised devices as part of a botnet also underscores the importance of securing IoT devices and regularly updating firmware on routers and other network equipment. Microsoft has exposed ...

Botnets are networks of hijacked internet-connected devices, such as webcams and home routers, that have been compromised by malware (or sometimes weak or default passwords) for the purposes of ...