Compromised home networks are an increasing concern. Most recently we've written about the SantaStealer malware, budget Android TV boxes doubling as botnets, and compromised routers. Fully securing ...

Microsoft has added official Python support to Aspire 13, expanding the platform beyond .NET and JavaScript for building and running distributed apps. Documented today in a Microsoft DevBlogs post, ...

From record-breaking DDoS attacks to millions infected by malicious extensions, this week delivered some of the most alarming cyber incidents of the year. I've been writing and editing stories for ...

TL;DR: On October 24, 2025, Microsoft Azure in Australia faced the largest recorded DDoS attack, peaking at 15.72 Tbps from the Aisuru botnet. Azure's automatic DDoS Protection successfully mitigated ...

Microsoft Azure Fends Off ‘Largest DDoS Attack Ever Observed in the Cloud’ Your email has been sent Microsoft confirmed that Azure blocked a denial-of-service attack that involved more than 500,000 IP ...

For the past week, domains associated with the massive Aisuru botnet have repeatedly usurped Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft in Cloudflare’s public ranking of the most frequently requested ...

The Mirai-born botnet Aisuru targeted networks powering online gaming giants and sending 29.6 Tbps of DDoS traffic through infected routers. A newly disclosed attack campaign linked to the IoT botnet ...

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 ...

A hot potato: For years, cloud providers and internet backbone operators have been able to absorb smaller-scale assaults. Whether their defenses can withstand the reach of today's massive botnets ...

OREGON, USA — An Oregon man has been charged with developing and administrating a massive botnet that conducted large-scale cyberattacks against victims in more than 80 countries since 2021, including ...