A relatively new Mirai-based botnet has been growing in sophistication and is now leveraging zero-day exploits for security flaws in industrial routers and smart home devices. Exploitation of ...

The security company Synthient currently sees more than 2 million infected Kimwolf devices distributed globally but with ...

Security researchers warn Android TV streaming boxes promising free channels may secretly hijack home internet connections ...

Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you ...

Thousands of Asus routers have been compromised due to a newly discovered botnet called ‘AyySSHush.’ The stealth attack was detected in March 2025 by cybersecurity firm GreyNoise, which reportedly ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new Mirai-based botnet that uses zero-day exploits for industrial routers and smart home devices to spread. The offensively named “gayfemboy” botnet was first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of an IBM X-Force threat intelligence report ...

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. The U.S.

December 2025, the RondoDox botnet operators have been targeting Next.js servers impacted by the React2Shell vulnerability.

According to security analysis, the Gayfemboy botnet, based on the notorious Mirai malware, is currently spreading around the world. Researchers from Chainxin X Lab found that cybercriminals have been ...