Bleeping Computer

Python-Based Botnet Targets Linux Systems with Exposed SSH Ports

Experts believe that an experienced cybercrime group has created a botnet from compromised Linux-based systems and is using these servers and devices to mine Monero, a digital currency. Crooks are ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Linux Flaws, Python Ownage, And A Botnet Shutdown

The ides of security March are upon us — Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and Kubernetes as an ...
Dark Reading

Hackers Exploit Critical Langflow Flaw to Unleash Flodrix Botnet

Attackers are actively targeting a critical flaw in a popular Python-based Web app for building AI agents and workflows to unleash a powerful botnet that can cause full system compromise, distributed ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks

Microsoft researchers have discovered a hybrid Windows-Linux botnet that uses a highly efficient technique to take down Minecraft servers and performs distributed denial-of-service attacks on other ...

C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with ...
ZDNet

A crypto-mining botnet has been hijacking MSSQL servers for almost two years

Since May 2018, a malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) databases to take over admin accounts and then install cryptocurrency mining scripts on the ...