Chinese government-backed hackers are using a botnet, made up of over 16,000 compromised routers and other devices, to conduct advanced password spray attacks on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service users. The botnet, known as CovertNetwork-1658, is particularly dangerous due to its evasiveness and large-scale operation, making the potential for account compromise high.
Cyber professionals are losing sleep over late night attacks
Hackers are biding their time and launching attacks when businesses can’t respond
