Net of the living dead: Hacker-controlled zombie devices triple in Singapore
The sharp rise in botnet drones and the servers controlling them could be due to cyber criminals seizing opportunities created by the pandemic. — Moritz Erken on Unsplash SINGAPORE: “Zombie” devices linked to the Internet, and infected with malware that allow hackers to control them and launch cyberattacks, have tripled their numbers here amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest government findings. An average of 6,600 of such malware-laced devices, also called botnet drones, were observed here last year on a daily basis, a big jump from 2,300 in 2019, said the Cyber Security...
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