Abcbot botnet

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2023
Who is behind the Mozi Botnet kill switch?

Researchers speculate that the recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet was the response of its authors to the pressure from Chinese law enforcement. ESET researchers speculate that the recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet was the result of its operators’ choice, possibly due to pressure from Chinese authorities. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2021
A new version of the Abcbot bot targets Chinese cloud providers

Researchers spotted a new botnet named Abcbot hat that mainly targeted Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. Security researchers discovered a new botnet, named Abcbot, that focused on Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. The list of targeted providers includes Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, Tencent, and Huawei Cloud. In November, researchers from […]