Researchers discovered a large, Chinese state-sponsored IoT botnet, “Raptor Train,” that compromised over 200,000 SOHO and IoT devices. Operated by Flax Typhoon, the botnet leveraged a sophisticated control system, “Sparrow,” to manage its extensive network.  The botnet posed a significant threat to various sectors, including military, government, and IT, with the potential for DDoS attacks…

A New IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet #Mirai #Botnet #Internet #Hacking #IoT #infosec

Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet.

Dubbed ‘IoT_reaper,’ first spottedin September by researchers at firm Qihoo 360, the new malware no longer depends on cracking weak passwords; instead, it exploits…

Amnesia is yet another IoT botnet – targets global DVRs

As expected, yet one more IoT botnet has reared its ugly head. Discovered by Palo Alto Networks’ specialist Unit forty-two security researchers, the new variant of the ‘Tsunami’ IoT/Linux botnet exploits associate unpatched remote code execution vulnerability in DVR devices that was in public disclosed over a year past. The affected DVRs are created by TVT Digital however branded and distributed…