New upgrades have been made to the Python-based “self-replicating, polymorphic bot” called Necro in order to improve its chances of infecting vulnerable systems and evading detection. Necro Python bot has been in development since...
Microsoft notes that from December 2020 to February 2021, the Phorpiex bot loader was encountered in 160 countries, with Mexico, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan being the top targeted countries. click here to read full Article...
Researchers uncovered a new botnet malware purposed for DDoS attacks on gaming and other sectors. The malware operators created a Discord server and YouTube channel for its demonstration. click here to read full Article...
Simps botnet binary uses Mirai and Gafgyt modules for DDOS functionality. The botnet might be in the early stages of development because of the presence of the infected.log file after execution. click here to...
The reuse of the Mirai source code has enhanced the capability of Gafgyt to carry out DDoS attacks in various ways. click here to read full Article Read more on Malware updates & News
Researchers have shared details of a new botnet dubbed ‘PARETO’ that exploited hacked Android devices… PARETO Botnet Utilized Hacked Android Phones To Generate Fake Ad Views on Latest Hacking News. click here to read...
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are being targeted by the Prometei botnet and added to its operators’ army of Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining bots. This malware which can infect both Windows and Linux systems was...
As Linux attracts more attention from malicious actors, researchers have seen threats evolving — abusing services like Ngrok and using functions to hunt and kill other competing malware. click here to read full Article...
As analyzed in reports from security researchers at Alibaba’s Aliyun, Juniper, and Lacework, Sysrv’s internal architecture follows the classic makeup of 99% of most botnets today. click here to read full Article Read more...
A new IoT botnet has been discovered that deploys honeypots to capture attacks from rival botnets and use that information to hijack their infrastructure. click here to read full Article Read more on Malware...
Unit 42 researchers observed attempts to exploit CVE-2020-9020, which is a Remote Command Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Iteris’ Vantage Velocity field unit version 2.3.1, 2.4.2, and 3.0. click here to read full Article Read...
Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy Mirai variants on compromised systems. “Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which...
A new botnet is hunting down and transforming infected routers, DVRs, and UPnP network devices into honeypots that help it find other targets to infect. The botnet comes with support for x86, ARM, MIPS,...
An upgraded version of z0Miner, a cryptomining botnet, has been found attempting to take over Jenkins and ElasticSearch servers to mine for Monero cryptocurrency. click here to read full Article Read more on Malware...
z0Miner is a cryptomining malware strain spotted in November by the Tencent Security Team, who saw it infecting thousands of servers by exploiting a Weblogic security vulnerability. click here to read full Article Read...
Akamai finds a long-running cryptomining botnet campaign wherein hackers exploit BTC blockchain transactions to evade detection by the security systems in place. Click here for image source link and to read full Article Read...
