SQL server

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2018
New Banking Trojan MnuBot uses SQL Server for Command and Control

Researchers at IBM X-Force Research team discovered a new Delphi-based banking Trojan dubbed MnuBot that leverages Microsoft SQL Server for communication with the command and control (C&C). The MnuBot Trojan implements a two-stage attack flow, it is composed of two main components that are tasked for the two stages. In the first stage, the malware searches for a file […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2017
The Slammer worm is back after 13 years to target ancient SQL servers

The SQL Slammer worm, one of the most long-lived malware, now seems to be back online to compromise ancient SQL servers worldwide. SQL Slammer is probably one of the most long-lived threats, it first appeared  14 years ago and now it is back to compromise ancient SQL servers. SQL Slammer exploits an ancient flaw in Microsoft SQL […]