Have hackers secretly taken over your computer, router, or another device for a botnet? This free online scanner can tell you ...

The RondoDox botnet malware is now exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in XWiki Platform tracked as CVE-2025-24893. On October 30, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Information Security ...

Microsoft said today that the Aisuru botnet hit its Azure network with a 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, launched from over 500,000 IP addresses. The attack used extremely high-rate UDP ...

As reports surface about efforts to establish a federal moratorium that would limit state-level regulation of artificial intelligence in year-end defense legislation, funding legislation, or by ...

A threat actor is actively exploiting a known, but disputed, remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the open source Ray framework to hijack AI compute infrastructure and using it to attack other ...

Hackers use AI to generate attack code targeting AI infrastructure, and then getting compromised AI systems to find others to attack, researchers warn in a new report. Hackers have started using large ...

A powerful botnet has flexed its muscles once again by launching a massive 15.7 Tbps DDoS attack against a customer on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. The incident occurred on Oct. 24, with ...

Microsoft says the attack, sourced from more than 500,000 compromised IPs, exposes deep weaknesses in home IoT and raises questions about enterprise DDoS readiness. Azure has blocked its largest DDoS ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

A Mirai-based botnet named ShadowV2 emerged during last October's widespread AWS outage, infecting IoT devices across industries and continents, likely serving as a "test run" for future attacks, ...

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