Two separate Mirai botnet campaigns are exploiting a critical flaw in a somewhat unlikely target. The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team recently observed exploitation of CVE-2025-24016, a ...
A critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Wazuh servers has been exploited by Mirai botnets, Akamai warned on Monday. Wazuh is a free and open source security platform designed for ...
Pro-Iran hacktivism and AI bots are amplifying cyberattacks targeting online banking, payments, and applicationsCAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cybercriminals are now targeting ...
The use of botnets to target applications for illegal and unethical purposes is growing, yet implementation of bot detection tools and best practices lags. As companies move applications to the cloud ...
A 22-year-old Washington man was sentenced to 13 months in prison for renting and developing Mirai and Qbot-based DDoS botnets used in DDoS attacks against targets from all over the world.