Bleeping Computer

BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices

The BadBox Android malware botnet has been disrupted again by removing 24 malicious apps from Google Play and sinkholing communications for half a million infected devices. The BadBox botnet is a ...

Report: Botnet size grows tenfold as DDoS attacks reach 2Tbps

A massive DDoS network of 13.5-million devices has been used to launch a 2Tbps attack on an unnamed target for 40 minutes ...
Hosted on MSN

Botnets: Could your devices be part of a malicious network?

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.
SiliconANGLE

FBI and partners disrupt 200,000-device botnet linked to Chinese hackers

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, in collaboration with other agencies, has disrupted a botnet that consisted of more than 200,000 consumer devices worldwide. Dubbed “Flax Typhoon,” the botnet ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

BADBOX 2.0 Botnet alert: FBI warns smart TVs, digital device may have exploit

Cyber criminals are exploiting IoT devices in homes to create a botnet called BADBOX 2.0, enabling illegal online activities. Most compromised devices are manufactured in China and become infected ...

China disguises cyberattacks with ‘covert network’ botnets, US and allies warn

Hackers working for the Chinese government are increasingly hiding their attacks behind ready-made networks of hacked routers ...
Ars Technica

11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play

Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising ...
Bleeping Computer

BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android devices despite disruption

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. Researchers from BitSight ...
Gizmodo

FBI Shuts Down Botnet Run by Beijing-Backed Hackers That Hijacked Over 200,000 Devices

"The government’s malware disabling commands, which interacted with the malware’s native functionality, were extensively tested prior to the operation," according to the DOJ. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Chinese attackers are pwning your infrastructure to use in attacks, 10 countries warn

A majority of China-linked threat actors are using compromised routers and IoT devices worldwide, turning this gear into proxy networks to carry out further intrusions, steal sensitive data, and ...
Android

Vo1d malware has already infected 1.6 million Android TV devices

A report from last year revealed a massive Vo1d malware infection affecting 1.3 million Android streaming boxes. Now, a new variant has been growing rapidly and helping to push those numbers up.