Cyber Crime

Hackers abuse Plex Media servers for DDoS amplification attacks

Netscout experts warn of DDoS-for-hire services abusing Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify DDoS attacks. Security researchers from…

5 years ago

Matryosh DDoS botnet targets Android-Based devices via ADB

Netlab researchers spotted a new Android malware, dubbed Matryosh, that is infecting devices to recruit them in a distributed denial-of-service…

5 years ago

Ransomware operators exploit VMWare ESXi flaws to encrypt disks of VMs

Ransomware operators are exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992, to encrypt virtual hard disks. Security experts are warning…

5 years ago

New Pro-Ocean crypto-miner targets Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis installs

The Rocke group is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware dubbed Pro-Ocean to target Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and…

5 years ago

Victims of FonixCrypter ransomware could decrypt their files for free

FonixCrypter ransomware operators shut down their operations, released the master decryption key for free, and deleted malware's source code. Good…

5 years ago

Oscorp, a new Android malware targets Italian users

Researchers at the Italian CERT warns of new Android malware dubbed Oscorp that abuses accessibility services for malicious purposes. Researchers…

5 years ago

TeamTNT group adds new detection evasion tool to its Linux miner

The TeamTNT cybercrime group has improved its Linux cryptocurrency miner by implementing open-source detection evasion capabilities. The TeamTNT cybercrime group…

5 years ago

LogoKit, a new phishing kit that dynamically creates phishing forms

Researchers from RiskIQ have discovered a new phishing kit dubbed LogoKit that dynamically compose phishing content. Researchers from RiskIQ discovered…

5 years ago

Law enforcement announced global action against NetWalker Ransomware

A joint operation of U.S. and EU law enforcement authorities allowed the seizure of the leak sites used by NetWalker…

5 years ago

Emotet Botnet dismantled in a joint international operation

A global operation of law enforcement has dismantled the infrastructure of the infamous Emotet botnet. A global operation of law…

5 years ago

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