Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced to have shut down the infrastructure associated with the Russian botnet RSOCKS. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced to have shut down the infrastructure associated with the Russian botnet RSOCKS as part of an international police operation that involved law enforcement partners from Germany, the Netherlands, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2022
The Clipminer botnet allowed operators to earn at least $1.7 million, according to a report published by security researchers at Symantec. Researchers at Symantecâs Threat Hunter Team uncovered a cryptomining operation that has potentially made the actors behind it at least $1.7 million in illicit gains. The bot focuses on cryptocurrency mining and cryptocurrency theft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2022
The operators of the EnemyBot botnet added exploits for recently disclosed flaws in VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android systems. Operators behind the EnemyBot botnet are expanding the list of potential targets adding exploits for recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in from VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android. The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2022
Microsoft researchers have observed a spike in the activity of the Linux bot XorDdos over the last six months. XORDDoS, also known as XOR.DDoS, first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was employed in attacks against gaming and education websites with massive DDoS attacks that reached 150 gigabytes per second […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2022
Emotet operators are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The operators of the infamous Emotet botnet are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The threat actors are adopting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2022
The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. The Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware was first spotted in June 2019 by researchers from Trend Micro while targeting enterprise networks. At the time of its first discovery, the bot was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2022
Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2022
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced to have shut down dozens C2 servers used by the infamous ZLoader botnet. Microsoft dismantled the C2 infrastructure used by the ZLoader trojan with the help of telecommunications providers around the world and cybersecurity firms. The IT giant obtained a court order that allowed it to sinkhole 65 domains used by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2022
Experts warn of a Mirai-based botnet exploiting the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro Threat Research reported that the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) is actively exploited by a Mirai-based botnet. Researchers from Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 first reported the exploitation of the Spring4Shell by a Mirai-based botnet in early April. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2022
Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. Like most DDOS botnets, Beastmode attempt to infect other devices by launching brute-forcing attacks or exploiting multiple vulnerabilities. Between February and March 2022, researchers from the FortiGuard Labs […]
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