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Feds disrupt proxy-for-hire botnet, indict four alleged net miscreants
In a FLASH bulletin [PDF] on Wednesday, the FBI warned that aging routers from Linksys, Ericsson, and Cisco, commonly found ...
Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two ...
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BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S. - Dutch Operation
Dutch and U.S. law enforcement have dismantled a long-running criminal proxy botnet powered by over 7,000 infected IoT and ...
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Inferno Drainer Malware Returns, Stealing $9M from Crypto Wallets in Six Months
Crypto-stealing malware Inferno Drainer remains in operation despite publicly shutting down—and has has been used to snatch ...
Ubiquity UniFi Protect: Infiltration of malicious code possible
The manufacturer closes two security gaps in Ubiquity UniFi Protect. Attackers can infiltrate and execute malicious code, for ...
Malicious PyPi package hides RAT malware, targets Discord devs since 2022
A malicious Python package targeting Discord developers with remote access trojan (RAT) malware was spotted on the Python ...
Patch now! Warning about malware attacks on FreeType and Langflow
The US security authority CISA warns of attacks on the FreeType program library and the AI tool Langflow. Attackers are currently exploiting software vulnerabilities in FreeType and Langflow and ...
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Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times
PyPI package 'discordpydebug' hides a RAT, downloaded 11,574 times, using stealthy HTTP polling to bypass defenses.
WordPress sites targeted by malicious plugin disguised as security tool
Security researchers have discovered a piece of WordPress malware pretending to be an antimalware solution. In late April, ...
At RSA Conference, experts reveal how "evil AI" is changing hacking forever
On a recent morning at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, a packed room at Moscone Center had gathered for what was ...