A decade of malware: Top botnets of the 2010s

guest · Dec 3, 2019

A decade of malware: Top botnets of the 2010s
ZDNet goes over the list of biggest malware botnets of the past decade, from Necurs to Mirai
December 3, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-decade-of-malware-top-botnets-of-the-2010s/

Over the past decade, the information security (infosec) field has seen a near-constant rise in malware activity.

Without a doubt, the 2010s was the decade when malware exploded from a casual semi-ammateriush landscape into a full-blown criminal operation, capable of generating hundreds of millions of US dollars per year for the actors involved.
Malware strains like Necurs, Andromeda, Kelihos, Mirai, or ZeroAccess have made a name for themselves after they've infected millions of devices across the globe.

This article aims to summarize the biggest malware botnets that we've seen over the past ten years. Since tracking botnets is never a 100% accurate operation, we're going to list the botnets in alphabetical order, and mention their peak size, as they were reported at the time.
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