Phorpiex botnet

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2024
Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to deliver LockBit Black ransomware

Experts reported that since April, the Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to spread LockBit Black ransomware. New Jersey’s Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) reported that since April, threat actors used the the Phorpiex botnet to send millions of phishing emails as part of a LockBit Black ransomware campaign. The botnet has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2021
Phorpiex botnet is back, in 2021 it $500K worth of crypto assets

Experts reported the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet, in one year it allowed to steal crypto assets worth of half a million dollars. Experts at Check Point Research have monitored the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet, an old threat that was involved in sextortion spam campaigns, crypto-jacking, cryptocurrency clipping (substituting the original wallet address saved in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2021
Phorpiex botnet shuts down and authors put source code for sale

Crooks behind the Phorpiex botnet have shut down their operations and put the source code for sale on the dark web. The criminal organization behind the Phorpiex botnet have shut down their operations and put the source code of the bot for sale on a cybercrime forum in on a dark web. The news was […]