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Eleven11bot Captures 86,000 IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks

Jeffrey Burt | March 5, 2025 | Botnet Attack, DDoS attack, IoT devices

The massive Eleven11bot has compromised more than 86,000 IoT devices, including security cameras and network video recorders, to launch hundreds of DDoS attacks, and security researchers say the threat actors behind the ...

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China, threats, scams, CISA TP-Link Volt Typhoon Salt Typhoon

FBI Disrupts Another Massive Chinese-Linked Botnet

Jeffrey Burt | September 18, 2024 | Botnet Attack, china, DDoS attack, Flax Typhoon, Mirai Malware

The FBI and other U.S. and international law enforcement agencies disrupted a massive botnet created by China-linked threat group Flax Typhoon that had pulled in more than 200,000 IoT and other connected ...

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An electric toothbrush (that’s not part of a DDoS botnet)

‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing

Richi Jennings | February 7, 2024 | botnet, Botnet Attack, botnets, Consumer IoT, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS botnet, Fortinet, Inc., Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, IoT botnet

PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? ...

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How to Stop Sneaker Bots From Ruining Your Business?

Anupama Mukherjee | November 3, 2021 | bot attacks, bot detection and mitigation, Botnet Attack, Bots

From the first chatbot in the 1960s, bots have evolved significantly. Bots are programs that were created for specific tasks such as automating repetitive tasks, carrying out and simulating human behaviour. Today, they make up over half. The post ...

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Blocking Bots: Why We Need Advanced WAF?

Vinugayathri Chinnasamy | April 22, 2021 | Application Security, Botnet Attack, Bots, cloud WAF, DDoS attacks, how to protect from bots, Managed WAF, owasp, waf

With everyone living online these days, web traffic to the online channels is on the upsurge. However, if you delve into the traffic, you’ll see that most of the traffic. The post ...

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