The sheer volume of bots involved enables simultaneous and highly impactful DDoS attacks, rendering them more destructive and challenging to defend against. Spam: Botnets become a tool for hackers to inundate networks with an extensive volume of spam. By utilizing bots as senders, hackers can ...
Mozi is a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that uses a BitTorrent-like network to infect IoT devices such as network gateways and digital video records (DVRs). It works by exploiting weak telnet passwords1 and nearly a dozen unpatched IoT vulnerabilities2 and it’s been used to conduct dis...
Cybercrime comprises much more than what most would expect. Here is a detailed guide to all different types and how to recognize them.
Recently, I had a chance to interview someone who spends a lot of time battling botnets: ESET Security Intelligence Program Manager, Pierre-Marc Bureau. I asked him to explain what botnets are, the threats they pose, and how to defend against botnet malware. What is a botnet, how does it...
Cybercrime comprises much more than what most would expect. Here is a detailed guide to all different types and how to recognize them.
and blocking malicious websites. However, the best way to defend against phishing is to assume that every email is part of a phishing attack. This also comes down to employee education and relies on employees' awareness of common security risks, such as never clicking any link within an email...
An attacker sends a large number of forged UDP packets to the target device through a botnet. These packets are usually large in size and are transmitted at a high rate, causing link congestion or even network breakdown. This traditional type of attack mode is rarely used due to its low ...
DDoS attacks work by directing malicious traffic to a target via multiple computers or machines. Often, these machines form abotnet: a group of devices that have been compromised bymalwareand can be controlled by a single attacker. Other DDoS attacks may involve multiple attackers orDDoS attack ...
DDoS Trojans aim to conscript your device into a botnet: a network of linked devices controlled remotely by a hacker known as a bot herder. They’ll use the botnet to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that shut down other websites and internet services. Dropper or downl...
Malvertising is also an effective way for hackers to deliver malware that allows them to control your computer and other devices as part of a botnet Let’s take a closer look at the most common types of malvertising: Steganography Steganography is the ancient art of concealing secret messages ...