2020 has been quite a year. The global Covid-19 pandemic changed up the rules of most peoples’ daily lives, taking a big toll on individuals, businesses and organizations. During this time, cyber attackers were quick to jump on the exploitation wagon, taking advantage of the chaos and changes in work and activity patterns to deploy attacks, steal information and cash in on victims. Large firms such as Deloitte have seen a spike in cyber-attacks during the Coronavirus pandemic such as Covid-themed phishing, malspam, and ransomware attacks.

Botnets are a unique type of threat. The colossal power that networks of millions of compromised computers can reach allows botnets to do a lot of damage, from generating and stealing large sums of money to deploying dangerous attacks. Last year saw a 71.5% increase in botnets as opposed to 2018, further showing that botnets are a worthwhile business for attackers, and a prevalent threat to watch out for.

These malicious networks have been around since the very end of the 90’s, rapidly evolving and becoming more advanced, year by year. Our new infographic examines the most prevalent, well-known botnets from the beginning of the century up until today, shedding light on the diverse landscape and evolution of this fascinating threat.

We're hosting a webinar this week on Thursday, December 13th 2012 at 9:00am PST (12:00pm EST) and at 2:00pm PST (5:00pm EST).  During the webinar we will be discussing how to Defend against the new wave of Cyber-Attacks.