Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the attacks have leveraged the security…
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President Trump Pardons Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road drug marketplace, after spending 11 years behind bars. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to…
Discover Hidden Browsing Threats: Free Risk Assessment for GenAI, Identity, Web, and SaaS Risks
As GenAI tools and SaaS platforms become a staple component in the employee toolkit, the risks associated with data exposure, identity vulnerabilities, and unmonitored browsing behavior have skyrocketed. Forward-thinking security teams are looking for security controls and strategies to address…
PlushDaemon APT Targets South Korean VPN Provider in Supply Chain Attack
A previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting a South Korean virtual private network (VPN) provider in 2023, according to new findings from ESET. “The attackers replaced the…
Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October…
Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products
Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services. The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management…
Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October…
Mirai Variant Murdoc Botnet Exploits AVTECH IP Cameras and Huawei Routers
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new large-scale campaign that exploits security flaws in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to rope the devices into a Mirai botnet variant dubbed Murdoc Botnet. The ongoing activity “demonstrates enhanced capabilities, exploiting…
Mirai Variant Murdoc_Botnet Exploits AVTECH IP Cameras and Huawei Routers
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new large-scale campaign that exploits security flaws in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to rope the devices into a Mirai botnet variant dubbed Murdoc_Botnet. The ongoing activity “demonstrates enhanced capabilities, exploiting vulnerabilities…
13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks
A global network of about 13,000 hijacked Mikrotik routers has been employed as a botnet to propagate malware via spam campaigns, the latest addition to a list of botnets powered by MikroTik devices. The activity “take[s] advantage of misconfigured DNS…