Tengu botnet reboots Linux devices to survive removal
A new Mirai-derived IoT botnet can force an infected Linux device to reboot once its main process is killed, giving its persistence mechanisms another opportunity to relaunch …
AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027
AWS Shield Advanced, a managed service that protects applications from external threats, is adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group, designed for application-layer (L7) DDoS …
New Mirai variants target routers and DVRs in parallel campaigns
Hidden inside newly discovered botnet malware is an unusual message from its creator: “AI.NEEDS.TO.DIE”. Dubbed “tuxnokill” by researchers at Akamai, …
Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers
Chaos, Go-based malware first documented by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has historically targeted routers and edge devices. A new variant observed in March 2026 shows the …
Teen crew caught selling DDoS attack tools
Seven minors who distributed online programs designed to facilitate DDoS attacks have been identified by Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC). They were …
Police shut down global DDoS operation, arrest 20-year-old
Police officers from Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of carrying out global DDoS attacks targeting …
Pro-Russian hacktivist campaigns continue against UK organizations
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre reports ongoing cyber operations by Russian-aligned hacktivist groups targeting organizations in the UK and abroad. NoName057(16) …
Predicting DDoS attacks: How deep learning could give defenders an early warning
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks remain one of the most common and disruptive forms of cybercrime. Defenders have traditionally focused on detecting these attacks …
DDoS attacks serve as instruments of political influence and disruption
In the first half of 2025, there were 8,062,971 DDoS attacks worldwide, with EMEA taking the brunt at 3.2 million attacks, according to Netscout. Peak attacks reached speeds …
Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged
US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks …
Win-DDoS: Attackers can turn public domain controllers into DDoS agents
SafeBreach researchers have released details on several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to crash Windows Active Directory domain controllers (DCs), one …
AWS launches new cloud security features
Amazon Web Services has announced new and improved security features at its annual AWS re:Inforce cloud security conference. The company has also introduced features aimed at …
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