botnet

DirtyMoe modules expand the bot using worm-like techniques

The DirtyMoe botnet continues to evolve and now includes a module that implements wormable propagation capabilities. In June 2021, researchers from…

4 years ago

Russia-linked Cyclops Blink botnet targeting ASUS routers

The recently discovered Cyclops Blink botnet, which is believed to be a replacement for the VPNFilter botnet, is now targeting the ASUS…

4 years ago

New Emotet botnet is rapidly growing, with +130K unique bots spread across 179 countries

A few months after its return the Emotet botnet has already infected over 130,000 unique bots spread across 179 countries.…

4 years ago

New Kraken botnet is allowing operators to earn USD 3,000 every month

Researchers spotted a new Golang-based botnet called Kraken that is under active development and supports a lot of backdoor capabilities. Kraken is…

4 years ago

Trickbot targets customers of 60 High-Profile companies

TrickBot malware is targeting customers of 60 financial and technology companies with new anti-analysis features. The infamous TrickBot malware was…

4 years ago

Abcbot and Xanthe botnets have the same origin, experts discovered

Experts linked the C2 infrastructure behind an the Abcbot botnet to a cryptocurrency-mining botnet attack that was uncovered in December…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Russian national sentenced to 48 months in prison for helping Kelihos Botnet to evade detection

A United States court has sentenced to four years in prison for the Russian citizen Oleg Koshkin for his role…

4 years ago

SharkBot, a new Android Trojan targets banks in Europe

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the…

4 years ago

Cloudflare mitigated 2 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest attack it has seen to date

Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at almost 2 terabytes per second (Tbps). Cloudflare,…

4 years ago

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