The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had infected more than 3 million devices in total, many inside home networks, according to the US Justice Department.

Federal authorities in the United States, working with law enforcement in Canada and Germany, said they disrupted four major ...

(WSPA) – What’s worse than getting hacked? How about having no clue that you’re a breach victim. One of the hardest types of hacks to detect are botnets, a network of devices infected with malware.

The US Justice Department has disrupted four global botnets, Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad, which infected over 3 ...

Botnets often make the cybersecurity headlines – but they’re far from the Skynet nightmare that you’d assume at first glance. Botnets aren’t some sort of sci-fi AI hivemind, admittedly, but they are ...

In a coordinated operation with authorities in Germany and Canada, the Department of Justice said it disrupted the ...

Authorities from the United States, Germany, and Canada have taken down Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the ...

Aisuru emerged in late 2024, and by mid-2025 it was launching record-breaking DDoS attacks as it rapidly infected new IoT devices. In October 2025, Aisuru was used to seed Kimwolf, an Aisuru variant ...

DoJ disrupts IoT botnets behind 31.4 Tbps DDoS attacks using 3M devices, reducing global extortion-driven outages.

The US Justice Department has dismantled four major botnets responsible for significant DDoS attacks that infected millions ...

Cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies. Computers infected with a virus unknowingly become "zombies" in a botnet — which is a network used to send out ...

If you (like me) have been under the impression that botnets are no big deal, it’s time to realize what a big threat they are to legitimate businesses and organizations. Corporate PCs that are turned ...