Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest denial-of-service attack ever seen, a security researcher inside Nokia said. The botnet, tracked under the name Eleven11bot, first came to light in late February when researchers inside Nokia’s Deepfield Emergency Response Team observed large numbers of geographically dispersed IP addresses delivering “hyper-volumetric attacks.” Eleven11bot has been delivering large-scale attacks ever since.
UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud. The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffett, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is no longer recommending that high-risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information.
Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR
The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim’s network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was blocking the encryptor in Windows. Cybersecurity firm S-RM team discovered the unusual attack method during a recent incident response at one of their clients. Notably, Akira only pivoted to the webcam after attempting to deploy encryptors on Windows, which were blocked by the victim’s EDR solution.
Anthropic Proposes AI Policy Recommendations to the White House
The folks at Anthropic have some big ideas for the U.S. government, and they’re not shy about sharing them. Recently, they sent a hefty set of suggestions to the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, pushing for a game plan that could keep America ahead in the wild world of artificial intelligence. With AI advancing fast, they’re convinced it’s time to act—or risk falling behind. Anthropic’s crew, led by CEO Dario Amodei, predicts we’ll see some jaw-dropping AI systems by late 2026 or early 2027. In his book Machines of Loving Grace, Amodei says these machines could outsmart Nobel Prize winners in fields like biology or engineering.
Majority of Orgs Hit by AI Cyber-Attacks as Detection Lags
Most (87%) security professionals have reported that their organization has encountered an AI-driven cyber-attack in the last year, with the technology increasingly takes hold, according to a new report by SoSafe. The new SoSafe 2025 Cybercrime Trends report also noted that 91% of all security experts anticipate a significant surge in AI-driven threats over the next three years. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 cited a 223% increase in the trade of deepfake-related tools on dark web forums between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024. The SoSafe study of 500 global security professionals, as well as 100 SoSafe customers across 10 countries, noted that detection of these attacks is still a challenge, with only 26% expressing high confidence in their detection abilities.
