Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war

Iranian media is claiming that the US used backdoors and/or botnets to disable networking equipment during the current war, and Chinese state media is dining out on the allegations. Reports from Iran claim hardware made by Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and Read More …

Tracking Mirai Variant Nexcorium: A Vulnerability-Driven IoT Botnet Campaign

IoT devices are increasingly prime targets for large-scale attacks due to their widespread use, lack of patching, and often weak security settings. Threat actors continue exploiting known vulnerabilities to gain initial access and deploy malware that can persist, spread, and Read More …

Authorities disrupt world’s largest IoT DDoS botnets responsible for record breaking attacks targeting victims worldwide

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Justice Department participated in a court-authorized law enforcement operation today to disrupt Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad Internet of Things (IoT) botnets. The operation was conducted simultaneously Read More …

Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets

In April 2025, Kaspersky reported on a then-new iteration of the Triada backdoor that had compromised the firmware of counterfeit Android devices sold across major marketplaces. The malware was deployed to the system partitions and hooked into Zygote – the Read More …

RondoDox botnet linked to large-scale exploit of critical HPE OneView bug

A critical HPE OneView flaw is now being exploited at scale, with Check Point tying mass, automated attacks to the RondoDox botnet. The security outfit says it has identified “large-scale exploitation” of CVE-2025-37164, a maximum-severity remote code execution bug in Read More …

RondoDox: From Targeting Pwn2Own Vulnerabilities to Shotgunning Exploits

The Trend Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Threat Hunting and Trend Research teams have identified a significant RondoDox botnet campaign that targets a wide range of internet-exposed infrastructure. This campaign consists of over 50 exploits, including unpatched router flaws across over Read More …

Inside Russian Market: Uncovering the Botnet Empire

The online cybercrime marketplace, Russian Market, has evolved from selling Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to becoming one of the most active underground hubs for information-stealing malware logs, where stolen user credentials are traded daily. Each compromised login represents a Read More …

The Resurgence of IoT Malware: Inside the Mirai-Based Botnet Campaign

Over the past year, FortiGuard Labs has been tracking a stealthy malware strain exploiting a range of vulnerabilities to infiltrate systems. Initially disclosed by a Chinese cybersecurity firm under the name “Gayfemboy.” The malware resurfaced this past July with new Read More …