KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that's primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that's primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic
Experts Express Surprise Over Major Social Platform Falling Victim to DDoS AttacksOne of the world's biggest social networks continued to face intermittent outages Tuesday, apparently due to unsophisticated, distributed denial-of-service attacks. Experts said the attacks were traced to malware-infected devices - many based in the U.S. - and pro-Palestinian hacktivists.
"Operation Duck Hunt" is not likely to eliminate the initial access botnet forever, but the proactive removal of the malware from victim machines by law enforcement is one of the largest and most significant efforts of its kind.
An updated version of a botnet malware called Prometei has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022
"Cyclops Blink" operation disabled firewalls behind the Sandworm hacking team's network of infected victim devices.