What is a botnet?

Botnets often make the cybersecurity headlines – but they’re far from the Skynet nightmare that you’d assume at first glance.
Ars Technica

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in yearslong account takeover attacks

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against ...
SiliconANGLE

Botnets leverage decade-old D-Link vulnerabilities in new attack campaigns

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...
Bleeping Computer

New botnet malware exploits two zero-days to infect NVRs and routers

A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The malware ...
PC Magazine

Botnet Takes Over Security Cameras Using a Flaw That Won't Be Patched

An offshoot of the Mirai botnet is using a zero-day flaw to easily hijack a discontinued internet-connected security camera, according to security researchers at Akamai Technologies. A security camera ...