The approach makes Mirai executable on a wide variety of disparate IoT devices and platforms from a single server.

In testing, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet of large, power-consuming appliances was used to carry out coordinated attacks on the energy grid.

In a probable quest to build a botnet, someone is hacking Instagram accounts, deleting handles, avatars and personal details, and linking them to a new email address.

A new botnet from the Dark Web displays a never-before-seen level of complexity in terms of the sheer breadth of its various tools.

The botnet operators behind two infamous trojans have banded together to gouge victims in a costly scheme.

A botnet has exploited a highly critical Drupal CMS vulnerability, which was previously disclosed by Drupal in March.

Verizon pegged ransomware as the most prevalent malware in its 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report.

A malware family called Rarog is becoming an appealing and affordable entry point for hackers to run cryptocurrency mining campaigns, researchers say.

Threatpost’s Tom Spring sits down with Flashpoint and Akamai to discuss how the two companies worked together to address the 2016 Mirai DDoS attacks.

More than half of businesses have faced IoT-related attacks, yet only a third consider IoT cyber security “very important.”