Search results for "Botnet"

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  10-Year-Old ‘RUBYCARP’ Romanian Hacker Group Surfaces with Botnet

  A threat group of suspected Romanian origin called RUBYCARP has been observed maintaining a long-running botnet for carrying out crypto mining, distributed...

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  TheMoon Botnet Resurfaces, Exploiting EoL Devices to Power Criminal Proxy

  A botnet previously considered to be rendered inert has been observed enslaving end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices...

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  U.S. Government Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage

  The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the...

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  After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back

  The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made “behavioral changes” to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize...

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  U.S. Feds Shut Down China-Linked “KV-Botnet” Targeting SOHO Routers

  The U.S. government on Wednesday said it took steps to neutralize a botnet comprising hundreds of U.S.-based small office and home office...

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  Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials

  The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that threat actors deploying the AndroxGh0st...

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  NoaBot: Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

  A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning...

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  New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks

  A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer...

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  New P2PInfect Botnet MIPS Variant Targeting Routers and IoT Devices

  Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that’s capable of targeting routers and IoT devices. The...

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  GoTitan Botnet Spotted Exploiting Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability

  The recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache ActiveMQ is being actively exploited by threat actors to distribute a new Go-based botnet...

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  Mirai-based Botnet Exploiting Zero-Day Bugs in Routers and NVRs for Massive DDoS Attacks

  An active malware campaign is leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities with remote code execution (RCE) functionality to rope routers and video recorders into...

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  U.S. Takes Down IPStorm Botnet, Russian-Moldovan Mastermind Pleads Guilty

  The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the takedown of the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure, as the Russian and Moldovan...

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  PEACHPIT: Massive Ad Fraud Botnet Powered by Millions of Hacked Android and iOS

  An ad fraud botnet dubbed PEACHPIT leveraged an army of hundreds of thousands of Android and iOS devices to generate illicit profits...

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  Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Deploying Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper

  A sophisticated phishing campaign is using a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trifecta of threats, namely Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and...

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  AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service

  More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers...

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  Hackers Target Apache Tomcat Servers for Mirai Botnet and Crypto Mining

  Misconfigured and poorly secured Apache Tomcat servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign designed to deliver the Mirai botnet...

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  DDoS Botnets Hijacking Zyxel Devices to Launch Devastating Attacks

  Several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets have been observed exploiting a critical flaw in Zyxel devices that came to light in April 2023...

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  New SOHO Router Botnet AVrecon Spreads to 70,000 Devices Across 20 Countries

  A new malware strain has been found covertly targeting small office/home office (SOHO) routers for more than two years, infiltrating over 70,000...

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  New Condi Malware Hijacking TP-Link Wi-Fi Routers for DDoS Botnet Attacks

  A new malware called Condi has been observed exploiting a security vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers to rope the...

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  New Botnet Malware ‘Horabot’ Targets Spanish-Speaking Users in Latin America

  Spanish-speaking users in Latin America have been at the receiving end of a new botnet malware dubbed Horabot since at least November...

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  Mirai Botnet is back with a new version IZ1H9

  Researchers from Unit 42 discovered a Mirai version known as IZ1H9 that exploited many vulnerabilities in order to propagate itself. The following...