Kimwolf botnet exploits smart gadgets for DDoS attacks, highlighting security lapses in device protection and supply chains.

Telecommunications company Lumen successfully disrupted hundreds of command-and-control servers for the massive and resilient ...

Security researchers warn Android TV streaming boxes promising free channels may secretly hijack home internet connections ...

Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you ...

The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target ...

Kimwolf grew rapidly in the waning months of 2025 by tricking various “residential proxy” services into relaying malicious ...

The Kimwolf botnet compromised more than 2 million Android devices, turning them into residential proxies for DDoS attacks and traffic abuse.

A growing number of off-brand Android TV boxes promise unlimited ad-free streaming for a one-time fee, but there's a catch. Security experts have found that these devices are being used for botnets ...

A major U.S. internet service provider said it's blocked incoming traffic to more than 550 command and control servers botnets identified over the past four months ...

Update, July 27, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers who disclosed and disrupted the BadBox2 operation that the FBI and Google are ...