DDoS attacks don't take much technical expertise to launch these days. Defending against them is more complicated.

Security researchers from the threat research team at Cato Networks have identified a new threat: the IoT botnet “Ballista”. This malware exploits a serious vulnerability in TP-Link Archer routers to ...

A record five million devices, mostly Android TV boxes, are running malware that can no longer call back to hackers. However, ...

As its name suggests, a botnet is a network of internet-connected (IoT) devices used to run automation programs, conveniently referred to as “bots.” Botnets are typically used in distributed denial-of ...

Old TP-Link router flaw is being abused again The threat actors are building out a botnet named Ballista They are operating from Italy Italian hackers are abusing a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer ...

The XLab, which belongs to QAX, has discovered that the botnet used in this attack against ... to try to bring down the ecosystem with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” Musk said ...

Botnets generate traffic from diverse IP addresses from across the world. They also include mechanisms that make it harder to determine who is controlling them. Speaking to the AP, Allan Liska ...

Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as ...

He said that even if “every IP address that hit Twitter today originated from Ukraine (doubtful), they were most likely compromised machines controlled by a botnet run by a third party that ...

warning that IP addresses alone do not confirm the origin of an attack. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont noted on Bluesky that the attack was carried out using a variant of the Mirai botnet ...

The botnet can lead to command injection which then ... to other routers by attempting to exploit the flaw. Since both the IP address and language used have an Italian base, the cybersecurity ...

The botnet has been linked with moderate confidence — based on an IP address and strings found in malware binaries — to an unnamed Italian threat actor, which is why Cato has called it Ballista, the ...