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Q3 2023 sees a rise in botnet activity

November 15, 2023

According to a Nuspire threat report, there was a surge in botnet activity in Q3 2023, including an increase in activity of nearly 93% over Q2.

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Assessing the pros and cons of AI for cybersecurity

Charles Denyer

August 1, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has significant implications for cybersecurity, both in terms of enhancing cybersecurity defenses and creating new challenges and risks.

Musk’s Twitter takeover and its security implications

Maria Henriquez

April 27, 2022

Much of the focus around Elon Musks’ Twitter takeover has centered around how he will treat free speech on the platform. But, two of his promises may have bigger implications for cybersecurity.

4 phishing trends observed in Q1 2022

Madeline Lauver

April 26, 2022

From IRS impersonations to cryptocurrency scams taking advantage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, phishing has evolved since the start of 2022.

DDoS attacks and botnets in 2021 – Mozi, takedowns and high-frequency attacks reshape the threat landscape

Paul Nicholson

November 10, 2021

The first half of 2021 brought both bad news and good news about distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The DDoS threat continues to be a global problem, at a massive scale, with increasing complexity, but proactive actions have had a positive impact.

Mirai botnet starts exploiting OMIGOD security flaw

September 20, 2021

Threat actors have started to actively exploit critical Microsoft Azure vulnerabilities, just days after Microsoft disclosed them during September's Patch Tuesday.

New Matryosh botnet targeting Android devices

February 5, 2021

Netlab, the networking security division of Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, said it had discovered a new fledgling malware operation that is currently infecting Android devices for the purpose of assembling a DDoS botnet, according to a ZDNet report.

Europol takes down one of the most significant botnets in the past decade: EMOTET

January 28, 2021

Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have this week disrupted one of most significant botnets of the past decade: EMOTET. Investigators have now taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.

Tackling the challenges of detecting P2P botnets

Alessandro Di Pinto

November 11, 2020

While the technical root causes are the same, the impact of an IoT botnet attack on consumer versus enterprise and industrial devices is vastly different. An attack on a consumer gadget could be limited to a privacy issue, whereas the effect of a successful breach on a commercial device can have a significant production or safety cost. That’s why it’s more critical than ever for IT and OT security professionals to understand and be prepared to defend against this growing threat.

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In today's rapidly evolving security landscape, organizations face an ever-growing array of disruptive events, security threats and risks. Traditional reactive approaches to security intelligence often leave businesses vulnerable and ill-prepared to anticipate and mitigate emerging threats that could impact the safety of their people, facilities or operations.