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This collaborative analysis suggested an evolution of IoT botnets, from a nearly exclusive use case of launching DDoS attacks to more sophisticated activities such as ransomware distribution and crypto-mining. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mirai botnet hacker ordered to pay USD 8.6 million in damages

Paras Jha was one of three people responsible for the Mirai Botnet, a network of more than 100,000 infected...

29 Oct 2018 8:13 AM IST

The bot was first spotted by researchers at Bitdefender Labs on 10 January before it disappeared for a few days. (Representative Photo: Pixabay)

New botnet infects 20,000 devices, uses P2P communication

Dubbed Hide N' Seek, it can also carry out data exfiltration, code execution and interference with a device's operation.

8 Feb 2018 2:34 PM IST

Phorpiex is capable of generating up to 30,000 emails per hour. (Photo: ANI)

Sextortion is rampant as botnet sends emails demanding bitcoins as...

The decade-old botnet, called Phorpiex or Trik, carries out the campaign by sending persuasive emails to victims.

17 Oct 2019 8:25 AM IST

Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Russian pleads guilty in US to operating Kelihos botnet

Levashov was arrested in Spain in April 2017 and the Justice Department announced in February that he had been...

13 Sept 2018 10:48 AM IST

The hacker believed somebody had to stand up to those spreading hate (File Photo)

2017 witnessed 5,000-fold decrease in largest spam botnet mailings

Kaspersky Lab's spam traps detected over 35 million fraudulent mail shots but in March 2017 that number fell to almost...

4 May 2017 8:57 PM IST

The hacker believed somebody had to stand up to those spreading hate (File Photo)

300,000 obeying devices: Hajime is conquering the Internet of Things...

The botnet has recently been propagating extensively, infecting multiple devices worldwide

1 May 2017 4:11 PM IST

Following is a list of companies and organisations that have reported being hit by cyber attacks.

Magala Trojan cashes-in at the expense of small businesses

Criminals infect their victims' computers with the Magala Trojan Clicker, generating fake ad views, making up to $350...

19 July 2017 8:15 PM IST

The news came to light in a Verizon report that highlighted the breach.

Vending machine botnet took university hostage

The campus internet connection was taken hostage thanks to an IoT-based malware that hit the most irrelevant connected...

14 Feb 2017 3:21 PM IST

Mirai took advantage of poor security protocols in IoT devices around the world.

Mirai botnet came into existence to gain 'advantage in Minecraft'

A US court ruled out Minecraft as the major reason for the Mirai botnet's existence.

17 Dec 2017 4:52 PM IST