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September 2024

U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders, storage devices, and routers, which was run by a Chinese government hacking… 

New “Raptor Train” IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide

New “Raptor Train” IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or…