Bleeping Computer

Mozi malware botnet goes dark after mysterious use of kill-switch

Mozi malware botnet activity faded away in August after a mysterious unknown party sent a payload on September 27, 2023, that triggered a kill switch to deactivate all bots. Mozi is a well-known DDoS ...
Dark Reading

Up-And-Coming Botnet Uses Same Malware Kit As Defunct Mariposa

A financial-fraud botnet built with the same malware kit used in the now-defunct Mariposa botnet remains active after arrests this month of two Eastern European men who allegedly ran it. Researchers ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware botnets exploit outdated D-Link routers in recent attacks

Two botnets tracked as ‘Ficora’ and ‘Capsaicin’ have recorded increased activity in targeting D-Link routers that have reached end of life or are running outdated firmware versions. The list of ...
Forbes

Android TV Users Beware: Vo1d Malware Botnet Now Controls 1.6M Devices

Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their methods, and the latest example of this is the alarming spread of the Vo1d malware botnet. This highly sophisticated malware has now infected 1,590,299 ...
Dark Reading

FBI Knocks Out VPNFilter Malware That Infected 500K Routers

It's been a busy few days for a sophisticated piece of botnet malware dubbed VPNFilter. First, the Secret Service of Ukraine issued a warning about a botnet that had taken over 500,000 routers and ...
techtimes

Botnet Takedown Dismantled 200 Servers: Asocks Malware Still Runs on 17 Million Devices

Dutch law enforcement dismantled one of the largest criminal proxy networks in recorded history on May 28 and 29, 2026, seizing 200 command servers from a Netherlands hosting provider and cutting off ...
Nature

Federated ConvNeXt-swin temporal fusion network for malware and botnet detection in IoT systems

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...
Computer Weekly

Europol sting operation smokes multiple botnets

Some of the most prominent malware-dropping botnets in operation today, including Bumblebee, IcedID, Pikabot, Smokeloader, SystemBC and Trickbot, have been disrupted in a coordinated law enforcement ...