A Linux botnet has grown so powerful that it can generate crippling distributed denial-of-service attacks at over 150 Gbps, many times greater than a typical company’s infrastructure can withstand.

December 2025, the RondoDox botnet operators have been targeting Next.js servers impacted by the React2Shell vulnerability.

Security firm CloudSEK has uncovered a botnet campaign that is exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability in the Meta-developed ...

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...

A recently discovered botnet under active development targets Linux systems, attempting to ensnare them into an army of bots ready to steal sensitive info, installing rootkits, creating reverse shells ...

I get really, really tired of stories that make it sound like Linux has become more insecure. No, it hasn't. Here are some simple security truths. First, no operating system or program is secure. Some ...

A newly-discovered peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet has been found targeting a remote code execution vulnerability in Linux Webmin servers. Vulnerable Linux Webmin servers are under active attack by a ...

Linux users need to be watch out of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH keys and runs its crypto-mining malware in a device's memory. The Panchan P2P botnet ...

Who says botnets are just for stupid Windows people? Kaspersky Lab is warning that the Linux botnet is not only a thing but it's a thing on the rise. The report said that the share of attacks from ...

Linux-operated botnet Distributed Denial of Service attacks surged in this year’s second quarter, due to growing interest in targeting Chinese servers, according to a Kaspersky Lab report released ...

Zscaler's ThreatLabz research team is tracking a new botnet dubbed DreamBus that’s installing the XMRig cryptominer on powerful enterprise-class Linux and Unix systems with the goal of using their ...

Several botnets are now using exploits targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability to infect Linux servers running unpatched Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center installs.