This issue will only continue to grow as IoT forms the foundation of connected devices and smart city grids.

Ad fraud ring 3eve used botnets to generate nearly 30 million dollars in fraudulent ad revenue.

In a comparison of 16 indoor and outdoor IP surveillance cameras, researchers found only one well-protected device.

“What if these nodes were able to make autonomous decisions with minimal supervision, use their collective intelligence to solve problems?”

Overall, between July and September, DDoS botnets attacked targets in 82 countries.

Webroot has highlighted the top cyberattacks of 2018 in its latest Nastiest Malware list, which showcases the malware and attack payloads that have been most detrimental to organisations.

Xbash is data-destructive; destroying Linux-based databases as part of its ransomware capabilities.

Cybercriminals who use botnets to conduct their attacks are shifting away from single-purpose malware .

“DDoS attacks can be used as a smokescreen to steal money or to demand a ransom for calling off an attack.”

Asia Pacific will experience a 36% CAGR for botnet detection solutions and services, exceeding growth rates in North America and Europe.

China, South Korea, Vietnam, India, and Australia amongst the top five Asia Pacific countries sending out the most malicious internet traffic.

One of the world’s largest spam botnets is back in action and this time it is spreading a Trojan downloader that can deliver nasty malware surprises.

The DDoS bot goes by the name of Avzhan, a malware that has been around since 2010.

INTERPOL’s Digital Security Challenge event took an IoT malware simulation to the extreme in a bank heist.

Microsoft, ESET, the FBI, Interpol, Europol and other security stakeholders have collectively dismantled a major botnet operation known as Gamarue.

The rapid evolution of ‘IoTroop’ is happening much faster than the Mirai botnet; and it is enslaving IoT devices at a faster rate too.

Attackers using tools such as Dridex and Qakbot spam employees through malicious mail at times when victims are most likely to open all incoming mail.

Attacks are on the rise and cybercriminals are reverting to old techniques, with Akamai using the quote “everything old is new again."

DDoS attackers are hitting hard, fast and with no breaks in between, leading to record-breaking attacks over hours or even days.

Botnets not only harm the owners of infected computers, but others too – they can send out spam, distributing a range of scams or even ransomware.

Organisations that install IoT technology also suffer by not ever using reinforced configurations, which means hackers can exploit significant holes.

The Hancitor/Chanitor malware has rapidly climbed to be one of the top five ‘world’s most wanted’ malware families for the first time.

Notorious IoT malware ‘Mirai’ has now jumped ship to infect Windows devices and Symantec is warning users to make sure they don't get caught.

From a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty good at exploiting them.