Abcbot is slowly moving from infancy to maturity, according to researchers. The creators behind the botnet are testing various technologies with an aim to evolve the botnet with sophisticated features. click here to read...
Researchers recently reported a massive DDoS campaign involving Pink botnet that had infected millions of devices. It is touted as the largest botnet observed in the last six years. click here to read full...
Security researchers have uncovered the details of a botnet that has infected more than 1.6 million devices primarily located in China, with the goal of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and inserting advertisements into...
The long-running botnet known as MyKings is still in business and has raked in at least $24.7 million by using its network of compromised computers to mine for cryptocurrencies. click here to read full...
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities on Monday disclosed the arrest of a hacker running a powerful botnet consisting of over 100,000 devices that was used to carry out DDoS and spam attacks. click here to...
Mirai_ptea_Rimasuta, an old and unpopular variant of Mirai, has resurfaced to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in RUIJIE router devices. Hacker have redesigned encryption algorithm and C2 communication protocol; it uses the TEA algorithm and encrypts...
According to Kaspersky, the first half of 2021 witnessed 1.5 billion IoT attacks, double the number from the previous year, with a variety of intentions, including mining cryptocurrency and stealing data. Attackers are largely...
Russian internet giant Yandex has been the target of a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a new botnet called Mēris. The botnet is believed to have pummeled the company’s web infrastructure with millions...
Despite authors being detained, Mozi botnet is unstoppable. The botnet uses a peer-to-peer network structure that contributes as a major factor to helps the malware propagate even when some of its nodes go down....
The ad, posted by an individual earlier linked to the botnet’s operation, claims that none of its two authors are involved in running the botnet, hence the reason they decided to sell its source...
A new DirtyMoe botnet variant was discovered with major modifications in the form of anti-forensic, anti-debugging, and anti-tracking capabilities. The attackers use VMProtect and their own encryption algorithm to evade detection. Besides vulnerability management solutions,...
Mirai-based botnet operators were found exploiting a new security flaw in the Realtek SDK, impacting hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide. The vulnerabilities were spotted in Realtek chipsets just two days ago. Vulnerable device...
DirtyMoe’s attack chain begins with the attackers attempting to gain admin privileges on a target’s Windows machine. It often relies on the PurpleFox exploit kit to misuse EternalBlue. click here to read full Article...
Security firm SAM Seamless Network discovered that a Mirai botnet began searching for devices unpatched against the flaw on August 18, only two days after IoT Inspector shared details of the bug. click here...
The company is coordinating with multiple CERT organizations worldwide to take down the botnet’s infrastructure by shutting down all detected command-and-control (C2) servers. click here to read full Article Read more on Malware updates...
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called “mirai_ptea” that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders (DVR) provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...
