Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

The SSHStalker Linux botnet has ensnared 7,000 systems, deploying various scanners and malware, an IRC bot, and multiple kernel exploits.

For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed ...

Massive 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack breaks records: How the 'apex' of botnets could be weaponizing your home devices ...

Cybersecurity researchers have recorded the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever disclosed, after the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched ...

AISURU/Kimwolf launched a record 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack as 2025 saw 47.1M incidents, rising botnet scale, and Android device ...

The SystemBC botnet has infected at least 10,000 systems, abusing them to proxy traffic and deploy additional payloads.

Those pesky bots.

A long-running malware operation known as SystemBC has been linked to more than 10,000 infected IP addresses worldwide, including systems associated with sensitive government infrastructure.

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