botnet

OMG botnet, the first Mirai variant that sets up proxy servers on vulnerable devices

Researchers at Fortinet have discovered the OMG botnet, the first Mirai variant that sets up proxy servers on the compromised…

8 years ago

DoubleDoor, a new IoT Botnet bypasses firewall using two backdoor exploits

Security researchers spotted a new IoT botnet dubbed DoubleDoor that is able to bypass firewall as well as modem security using two…

8 years ago

Necurs botnet is behind seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam

Necurs botnet made headline again, the experts at IBM X-Force research team observed a spike in seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails. Necurs…

8 years ago

Mining Smominru botnet used NSA exploit to infect more than 526,000 systems

Researchers from Proofpoint discovered a huge botnet dubbed 'Smominru' that is using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them…

8 years ago

Italian companies and Ministry of the Interior under attack, experts spotted a huge botnet

Threat actors with a deep knowledge of the Fiscal Italian ecosystem are using a huge botnet to target Italian companies…

8 years ago

Necurs botnet involved in massive ransomware campaigns at the end of 2017

The Necurs botnet made the headlines at year-end sending out tens of millions of spam emails daily as part of…

8 years ago

Huawei router exploit (CVE-2017-17215) involved in Satori and Brickerbot was leaked online

The exploit code used to trigger the CVE-2017-17215 vulnerability in Huawei routers over the past several weeks is now publicly available.…

8 years ago

Satori is the latest Mirai botnet variant that is targeting Huawei HG532 home routers

Satori botnet, Mirai variant, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of attempts to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in Huawei HG532…

8 years ago

US DoJ charges 3 Men with developing and running the Mirai Botnet

The US DoJ announced plea agreements for Paras Jha, Josiah White, and Dalton Norman, 21 for creating and operating the…

8 years ago

Using Unsecured IoT Devices, DDoS Attacks Doubled in the First Half of 2017

According to a report recently published by the security firm Corero the number of DDoS Attacks doubled in the First…

8 years ago

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