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Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google’s Attempts to Disrupt It

The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and “upscaled” campaign, months after Google disrupted the malicious activity. The ongoing attack is suggestive of the malware’s resilience in the face of takedowns, cybersecurity company Nozomi Networks said in a write-up. “In addition, there was a tenfold increase in […]

Google disrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs

Google has also filed a lawsuit against the alleged Russian threat actors and operators of Glupteba Botnet. On December 07th, 2021, Google revealed that it disrupted the Command and Control infrastructure of the Glupteba blockchain botnet targeting Windows devices. The company has now filed a lawsuit against the botnet’s Russian operators. What is Glupteba? Glupteba […]

Google discrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs

Google has also filed a lawsuit against the alleged Russian threat actors and operators of Glupteba Botnet. On December 07th, 2021, Google revealed that it disrupted the Command and Control infrastructure of the Glupteba blockchain botnet targeting Windows devices. The company has now filed a lawsuit against the botnet’s Russian operators. What is Glupteba? Glupteba […]

Google Disrupts Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet; Sues Russian Hackers

Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated “multi-component” botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored its command-and-control server addresses on Bitcoin’s blockchain as a resilience mechanism. As part of the efforts, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said it […]