IoT devices can let threat actors access compromised home networks, but they also serve a darker purpose: being weaponized in botnet attacks.

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 ...

A new botnet malware named 'Eleven11bot' has infected over 86,000 IoT devices, primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), to conduct DDoS attacks. The botnet, which is loosely ...

Hackers are hijacking Russian smart home devices to mine cryptocurrency and launch DDoS attacks, according to a March 24 ...

The botnet, tracked under the name Eleven11bot, first came to light in late February when researchers inside Nokia’s ...

Dr Kashif Naseer Qureshi discusses some of the top cybersecurity concerns of IoT, IoE and smart city networks.

Security researchers from the threat research team at Cato Networks have identified a new threat: the IoT botnet “Ballista”. This malware exploits a serious vulnerability in TP-Link Archer routers to ...

The botnet, tracked under the name Eleven11bot, first came to light in late February when researchers inside Nokia’s Deepfield Emergency Response Team observed large numbers of geographically ...

Layer 7 DDoS attacks are also known as application-layer ... He writes about IT (cloud, IoT, 5G, VPN) and cybersecurity (ransomware, data breaches, laws and regulations). In his career, spanning ...

However, DDoS attacks are launched via geographically disperse ... threat actors become better equipped and use even more IP addresses such as home IoT devices to flood systems, making it ...