Attackers are compromising Linux and Windows systems to install a new malware program designed for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to researchers from the Polish ...

A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers. The botnet was discovered by ...

Netscout researchers identify more than 14,000 existing servers that can be abused by ‘the general attack population’ to flood organizations’ networks with traffic. Cybercriminals can exploit ...

SafeBreach researchers demonstrate how attackers can crash Windows domain controllers and build a botnet using unauthenticated RPC and LDAP vulnerabilities. At DEF CON 33, security researchers ...

The Log4Shell vulnerabilities in the widely used Log4j software are still leveraged by threat actors today to deploy various malware payloads, including recruiting devices into DDoS botnets and for ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Defender for IoT researchers discovered malicious downloads that affect Windows and Linux devices. These downloads, among other propagation methods, ensnare local devices ...

A newly discovered cross-platform piece of malware called 'Chaos' is spreading on Linux and Windows systems to amass resources for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against online gaming ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Late last year, an attacker known as "Matrix" orchestrated a large-scale distributed ...

Microsoft researchers have discovered a hybrid Windows-Linux botnet that uses a highly efficient technique to take down Minecraft servers and performs distributed denial-of-service attacks on other ...

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday’s DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers. New research on the source of Friday’s DDoS attack ...

The size and scale of DDoS attacks are rapidly increasing thanks to free tools which eradicate the need for technical knowledge, researchers say. According to Arbor Networks, over the first six months ...