Two Mirai Botnets, Lzrd and Resgod Spotted Exploiting Wazuh Flaw

Akamai's latest report reveals two Mirai botnets exploiting the critical CVE-2025-24016 flaw in Wazuh. Learn about these fast-spreading IoT threats and urgent patching advice...

Two Distinct Botnets Exploit Wazuh Server Vulnerability to Launch Mirai-Based Attacks

A now-patched critical security flaw in the Wazur Server is being exploited by threat actors to drop two different Mirai botnet variants and use them to conduct distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Akamai, which first discovered the exploitation efforts in late March 2025, said the malicio...

A week in security (April 10 - 16)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How the cops buy a "God view" of your location data, with Bennett Cyphers: Lock and Code S04E09 Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities Don't plug your phone into a free charging station, warns FBI KFC, Pizza Hut owner employe...

Port scan attacks: Protecting your business from RDP attacks and Mirai botnets

Compromised IP addresses and domains--otherwise legitimate sites that are exploited by hackers without the owner's knowledge--are frequently utilized to conduct port scanning attacks. Port scanning involves systematically scanning a computer network for open ports, which can then be exploited by...

Scan of Internet Reveals Millions of Exposed Services

If you thought WannaCry inspired a global wakeup call and a massive crackdown on exposed and dangerous ports, you would be wrong. In its annual National Exposure Index report, Rapid7 found 160 million computers, IoT devices and servers with open ports that should not be exposed to the public...