The long-running botnet operation used malware that infected older wireless internet routers over a 20-year period, according to federal prosecutors.

The company said that the 5.6 Tbps attack is indicative of the steady increase in the size of these attacks.

Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs took the ngioweb botnet and NSOCKS proxy offline Tuesday.

Flax Typhoon targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad, and Black Lotus Labs researchers observed a “large scanning effort” targeting U.S. military and government.

‘Operation Endgame’ targeted well-known malware variants used to facilitate ransomware and other serious cybercrime.

Scores of purchased or compromised devices used in “operational relay box networks” make detection and defense harder.

U.S. authorities disrupted the infrastructure used by a notorious Russian hacking group linked to the country's military intelligence agency.

The search warrant targeted a Florida hosting company alleged to have facilitated the botnet activity.

Botnets have proven hard to permanently eradicate in the past, suggesting Europol's success disabling the FluBot malware could be fleeting.

The analysis shows that what was thought of as a straightforward DDoS tool was so much more.