Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...
India West

US Shuts Down China-Backed Botnet Targeting Home Office Routers

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – The US government has shut down a Chinese government-backed botnet that hijacked “hundreds” of small office and home office routers in the US. The hackers, known to the private ...
CSOonline

How botnet-driven DDoS attacks evolved in 2H 2025

The second half of 2025 marked a pivotal shift in the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Organizations across the globe faced a perfect storm: Artificial intelligence (AI) matured ...
Wall Street Journal

College Kid Brings Down a Botnet

This is an edition of the WSJ Technology newsletter, a weekly digest of tech columns, big stories and personal tech advice. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here. I cover cybersecurity. That means I ...

Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials

Open source software with more than 1 million monthly downloads was compromised after a threat actor exploited a ...
Marketplace

How botnets infiltrate the internet of things

Cybersecurity writer Brian Krebs says smart TVs and even wifi routers can be conduits for malicious software that infect home devices. Routers, computers, web cameras — they all connect to the ...
CSO Online

Dismantle implicit trust in OT networks, CISA tells critical infrastructure operators

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked owners and operators of operational technology to ...
Hosted on MSN

How to find out whether your computer is part of a botnet—and what to do about it

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software are so bad, and how to check if the malware is installed on your home network. Heavy snow warning as up to 20 inches to strike—making ...
ConsumerAffairs

Has your computer been hijacked into a bot network?

One of the telltale signs that your computer has been compromised is unexplained slowdowns and constant background activity — even when you’re not using your computer. Additionally, look out for ...
Hosted on MSN

Kimwolf DDoS botnet already grabbed 1.8M devices. What we know

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...