CastleRAT and CastleLoader, active since March 2025, spread malware via phishing and GitHub repos, enabling data theft.

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Abstract: A botnet is a type of malware that infects multiple devices and operates under the control of a botmaster to carry out malicious activities, including spamming. Detecting botnets, especially ...

The first half of 2025 marked another MAJOR escalation in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) activity, with new NetScout research documenting more than eight million attacks worldwide in these six ...

AI integration, persistent hacktivist campaigns, and nation-state actors weaponize DDoS attacks, creating unprecedented risks for organizations globally NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), today ...

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made ...

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OREGON, USA — An Oregon man has been charged with developing and administrating a massive botnet that conducted large-scale cyberattacks against victims in more than 80 countries since 2021, including ...

The US Department of Justice has charged 22-year-old Oregon man Ethan Foltz in relation to his alleged involvement in the development and administration of RapperBot, a notorious DDoS-for-hire botnet.

A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with administering the Rapper Bot DDoS-for-hire botnet, which was allegedly used to launch multi-terabit attacks across 80+ countries. Rapper Bot is alleged ...

A 22-year-old Ethan Foltz was recently arrested He's being suspected of building, and renting, an enormous DDoS-for-hire botnet called Rapper Bot Since the arrest, there were no reports of new Rapper ...