New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy new Mirai variants on internet connected devices. "Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection...

Newsmaker Interview: Troy Mursch on Top Botnet Trends

Botnet activity saw a healthy amount of dynamism in 2018. There were new types of devices being targeted, such as carrier-grade MikroTik hardware; and, there was also a host of new types of criminal activity surfacing making the point that botnets aren’t just for DDoS anymore. New types of...