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FBI dismantles IPStorm botnet, operator arrested
FBI dismantled IPStorm botnet, its Russian-Moldovan operator plead guilty.
CyberNews
FBI dismantled IPStorm botnet, its Russian-Moldovan operator plead guilty.
DarkReading
A single improperly formatted command has effectively killed KmsdBot botnet, security vendor says.
Security Affairs
Researchers linked a sophisticated botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet, to the operation of the China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon.
DarkReading
Europol undertook dropper malware botnet takedown while US law enforcement dismantled a sprawling cybercrime botnet for hire.
Cyber Security News
A botnet named "COVID BOTNET" is being advertised on the dark web, claiming to target NATO servers & broader Western digital infrastructure.
Security Affairs
A new botnet malware dubbed Horabot is targeting Spanish-speaking users in Latin America since at least November 2020. Cisco Talos researchers were observed deploying a previously unidentified botnet, dubbed Horabot, that is targeting Spanish-speaking users in the Americas. The botnet is used to deliver a banking trojan and spam tool to the infected systems, Horabot has been […]
CyberNews
The Department of Justice (DoJ) says it has taken down a global botnet controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU.
SecurityWeek
Trend Micro has confirmed earlier reports that the new Spring4Shell vulnerability has been exploited by the Mirai botnet.
The Hacker News
U.S. Government Dismantles Global IPStorm Botnet Network! From Windows to Linux, Mac, and Android, the botnet turned infected devices into proxies for
Security Affairs
The Mirai-based botnet InfectedSlurs was spotted targeting QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder) devices.
Security Affairs
Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet […]
Security Affairs
A new version of the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022, experts warn. Cisco Talos researchers reported that the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The crypto-mining botnet has a modular structure and employs multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. The Prometei botnet […]
ThreatPost
Attackers are milking unpatched Hikvision video systems to drop a DDoS botnet, researchers warned.
ThreatPost
Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins.
Infosecurity News
The tech giant said the court's ruling against the botnet operators set a crucial legal precedent
Cyber Security News
The FBI has achieved a remarkable feat in the fight against cybercrime, dismantling the infamous IPStorm botnet network.
Security Affairs
The U.S. government announced the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The U.S. government announced that it had dismantled the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. “The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation, conducted in March 2022, to disrupt a two-tiered global botnet […]
Security Affairs
Researchers spotted a new botnet dubbed Dark Frost that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the gaming industry. Researchers from Akamai discovered a new botnet called Dark Frost that was employed in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet borrows code from several popular bot families, including Mirai, Gafgyt, and Qbot. The Dark Frost botnet was […]
Security Affairs
The Muhstik botnet has been observed targeting Redis servers exploiting the recently disclosed CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability. Muhstik is a botnet that is known to use web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, it has been around for at least 2018. Botnet operators monetize their efforts via XMRig combined with DDoS-for-hire services. The botnet leverages IRC servers for command-and-control (C2) communications, […]
Security Affairs
Microsoft announced that a botnet dubbed MCCrash is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Microsoft spotted a cross-platform botnet, tracked as MCCrash, which has been designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. The IT giant tracks this cluster of activity as DEV-1028. The experts report that the botnet […]
ThreatPost
Fronton botnet has far more ability than launching DDOS attack, can track social media trends and launch suitable propaganda.
SecurityWeek
Google has won its lawsuit against operators of the Glupteba botnet, which the internet giant disrupted last year.
CyberScoop
The search warrant targeted a Florida hosting company alleged to have facilitated the botnet activity.
The Hacker News
A powerful botnet, KV-botnet, is using compromised firewalls and routers to conduct covert data transfers.
Infosecurity News
Tracked CVE-2023-25717, the flaw was recently exploited by the AndoryuBot botnet, says Fortinet
SecurityWeek
The Ebury Linux botnet has ensnared over 400,000 Linux systems in 15 years, with roughly 100,000 still infected.
Security Affairs
The Glupteba botnet is back, researchers reported a surge in infection worldwide after Google disrupted its operation in 2021. In December 2021, Google announced it has taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba botnet, it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. The blockchain-enabled botnet has been […]
Security Affairs
The recently discovered Cyclops Blink botnet, which is believed to be a replacement for the VPNFilter botnet, is now targeting the ASUS routers. The recently discovered Cyclops Blink botnet is now targeting the ASUS routers, reports Trend Micro researchers. The Cyclops Blink malware has been active since at least June 2019, it targets WatchGuard Firebox and other […]
Bleeping Computer
The Chinese state-sponsored APT hacking group known as Volt Typhoon (Bronze Silhouette) has been linked to a sophisticated botnet named 'KV-botnet' since at least 2022 to attack SOHO routers in high-value targets.
Security Affairs
RapperBot is a new botnet employed in attacks since mid-June 2022 that targets Linux SSH servers with brute-force attacks. Researchers from FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new IoT botnet tracked as RapperBot which is active since mid-June 2022. The bot borrows a large portion of its code from the original Mirai botnet, but unlike other […]
Security Affairs
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dismantled the infrastructure behind the illegal botnet proxy service IPStorm.
The Hacker News
Researchers 'accidentally' crash the KMSDBot cryptocurrency mining botnet while sending commands to the bot to test its functionality.
Security Affairs
Google won a lawsuit filed against two Russian nationals involved in the operations of the Glupteba botnet. This week, Google announced it has won a nearly year-long legal battle against the Glupteba botnet. Glupteba is a highly sophisticated botnet composed of millions of compromised Windows devices. Unlike other botnets, Gluteba leverages cryptocurrency blockchains as a command-and-control mechanism […]
SecurityWeek
The recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet is believed to have been carried out by its creators, possibly forced by Chinese authorities.
DarkReading
Cryptomining is a logical partner for an existing IoT-focused DDoS botnet, so the RapperBot authors customized XMRig to make it happen.
The Hacker News
Hackers are exploiting recently disclosed critical Spring4Shell vulnerability to execute the Mirai botnet malware.
Security Affairs
Researchers discovered a new Go-based botnet, dubbed GoTrim, attempting to brute force WordPress websites. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted a new Go-based botnet, dubbed GoTrim, that has been spotted scanning and brute-forcing WordPress and OpenCart websites. The botnet was named GoTrim because it was written in Go and uses “:::trim:::” to split data sent and received […]
Bleeping Computer
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are being targeted by the Prometei botnet and added to its operators' army of Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining bots.
Security Affairs
Researchers warn of an ongoing Tsunami DDoS botnet campaign targeting inadequately protected Linux SSH servers. Researchers from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign, aimed at poorly protected Linux SSH servers, to install the Tsunami DDoS botnet (aka Kaiten). The threat actors behind these attacks were also observed installing other […]
Security Affairs
A recently discovered Golang-based botnet, dubbed GoBruteforcer, is targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently discovered a Golang-based botnet, tracked as GoBruteforcer, which is targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services. In order to compromise a target system, the samples require […]
Security Affairs
Experts warn of a Mirai-based botnet exploiting the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro Threat Research reported that the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) is actively exploited by a Mirai-based botnet. Researchers from Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 first reported the exploitation of the Spring4Shell by a Mirai-based botnet in early April. […]
SecurityWeek
The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested.
SecurityWeek
Industry professionals comment on the law enforcement operation targeting the Qakbot botnet and its implications.
Cyber Security News
Cybersecurity researchers at SOCRadar recently reported about an open-source botnet, Supershell, that obtains SSH shell access.
CyberSecurity Dive
Ryuk was behind major attacks on healthcare, while the botnet focused on credentials and financial theft.
Security Affairs
Researchers discovered a new Go-based botnet called Zerobot that exploits two dozen security vulnerabilities IoT devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered a new Go-based botnet called Zerobot that spreads by exploiting two dozen security vulnerabilities in the internet of things (IoT) devices and other applications. “This botnet, known as Zerobot, contains several modules, including self-replication, attacks for different protocols, […]
SecurityWeek
A new variant of the Sysrv botnet has added a recent Spring Cloud Gateway vulnerability to its exploit portfolio, Microsoft warns.
ZDNet
Researchers believe the focus is moving from cryptocurrency to traditional botnet attacks.
SecurityWeek
Malware hunters sound an alarm after discovering a 40,000-strong botnet packed with end-of-life routers and IoT devices powering cybercrime.
The Hacker News
Beware of AVRecon botnet! It exploits compromised routers for illegal proxy services.
ZDNet
Microsoft takes control of ZLoader's botnet infrastructure, which is used to spread malware and ransomware.
Security Affairs
The Moobot botnet is behind a new wave of attacks that started in early August and that target vulnerable D-Link routers. Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 researchers reported a new wave of attacks launched by the Moobot botnet that target vulnerable D-Link routers. The Mirai-based Moobot botnet was first documented by Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers in February […]
SecurityWeek
The FritzFrog P2P botnet has returned after a long break with new capabilities, and researchers have linked it to China.
SecurityWeek
A blockchain analysis has shown that the Glupteba botnet is still active, despite legal action and other disruption efforts by Google.
CSO
The botnet built by the platform-independent worm malware currently enables cryptomining.
SC Magazine
An operation to take down the Chinese APT’s sophisticated botnet was authorized by the White House, according to Reuters.
Security Affairs
The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. The Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware was first spotted in June 2019 by researchers from Trend Micro while targeting enterprise networks. At the time of its first discovery, the bot was […]
ZDNet
The botnet managed to strike at least 500 government and enterprise SSH servers in eight months.
CyberSecurity Dive
The once prolific botnet, returning from "spring break," is preparing a new high-volume campaign, Proofpoint researchers said.
Security Affairs
An international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. DoJ disrupted the 911 S5 botnet and led to the arrest of its administrator.
SecurityWeek
Over the past several months, a new Golang-based botnet targeting Windows has been ensnaring hundreds of new systems with every newly deployed command and control (C&C) server
The Hacker News
More than 200,000 MicroTik routers worldwide are controlled by botnet malware.
CyberNews
The US Justice Department disrupted a global botnet of thousands of infected network hardware devices controlled by infamous threat actor Sandworm.
Bleeping Computer
While analyzing its capabilities, Akamai researchers have accidentally taken down a cryptomining botnet that was also used for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Infosecurity News
A global law enforcement operation has disrupted the 911 S5 botnet, a global network of compromised devices used to facilitate criminal activity
The Hacker News
Muhstik Botnet malware targets Redis servers using a recently discovered vulnerability in the database system.
SecurityWeek
The Zerobot malware that ensnares IoT devices in a DDoS-capable botnet has been updated with more exploits.
SC Magazine
For the second time this year, U.S. authorities neutralize a botnet of SOHO routers run by nation-state threat actors.
CSO
The botnet infected computers in nearly 200 countries, facilitating financial fraud, identity theft, and child exploitation.
SecurityWeek
Akamai flags six zero-day vulnerabilities in Hitron DVRs exploited to ensnare devices in the InfectedSlurs botnet.
The Hacker News
Fronton: Russian IoT Botnet Designed to Run Social Media Disinformation Campaigns
Bleeping Computer
A Mirai-based botnet called 'Moobot' is spreading aggressively via exploiting a critical command injection flaw in the webserver of many Hikvision products.
Security Affairs
Researchers warn that the Fronton botnet was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. In March 2020, the collective of hacktivists called “Digital Revolution” claimed to have hacked a subcontractor to the Russian FSB. The […]
Security Affairs
The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter botnet is still used by Russia-linked group APT28 and cybercriminals organizations.
DarkReading
Everyone knows to patch vulnerabilities for internet-facing assets, but what about internal ones? One botnet is counting on your complacency.
The Hacker News
A new campaign by FritzFrog peer-to-peer Golang-based botnet attacking in the healthcare, education, and government sectors.
Security Affairs
Researchers warn that the Gafgyt botnet is actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. A variant of the Gafgyt botnet is actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-18368 (CVSS v3: 9.8), impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. The flaw is a command injection vulnerability that resides in the Remote System Log […]
Security Affairs
Researchers warn that the MyloBot botnet is rapidly spreading and it is infecting thousands of systems worldwide. The MyloBot botnet has been active since 2017 and was first detailed by cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct in 2018. MyloBot is a highly evasive Windows botnet that supports advanced anti-analysis techniques. The first sample of the bot analyzed by the […]
The Hacker News
Kinsing cryptojacking group evolves again, targeting new vulnerabilities to expand its botnet.
The Hacker News
An updated version of the botnet malware Prometei has infected over 10,000 systems globally since Nov 2022.
The Hacker News
🚨 Apache ActiveMQ's CVE-2023-46604 vulnerability is under active exploitation by threat actors, leading to the distribution of a new Go-based botnet
The Record
Security researchers have spotted a new malware botnet that, over the past few months, has specifically targeted the infrastructure of Chinese cloud hosting providers.
Security Affairs
Researchers spotted a new Golang-based botnet called Kraken that is under active development and supports a lot of backdoor capabilities. Kraken is a new Golang-based botnet discovered in late October 2021 by researchers from threat intelligence firm ZeroFox Intelligence. Experts pointed out that despite having the same name, this botnet should not be confused with the Kraken […]
SC Magazine
The Justice Department and FBI confirmed they had disrupted the botnet run by a Chinese APT group targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.
DataBreaches
Phil Muncaster reports: Ukrainian law enforcers have arrested a suspected botnet herder responsible for controlling an automated network of around 100,000...
Bleeping Computer
A new Golang-based botnet under active development has been ensnaring hundreds of Windows devices each time its operators deploy a new command and control (C2) server.
CyberNews
US Department of Justice (DoJ) announce the takedown of a multi-billion dollar cybercriminal botnet ring and the arrest of its administrator.
The Hacker News
New Variant of P2PInfect Botnet Targets Routers and IoT Devices, Expanding Its Reach with MIPS Architecture.
The Hacker News
Microsoft has identified a cross-platform botnet that is targeting private Minecraft servers with DDoS attacks.
The Hacker News
New Go-Based Botnet Threatens WordPress Sites: Protect Your Admin Account Now!
Security Affairs
Mirai-based botnet InfectedSlurs has been spotted exploiting two zero-day RCE flaws to compromise routers and video recorder (NVR) devices.
The Hacker News
U.S. government disrupted a botnet comprised of SOHO routers used by the Russia-linked APT28 group for malicious activities.
SecurityWeek
A botnet dismantled in January and used by Russia-linked APT28 consisted of more than just Ubiquiti Edge OS routers.
The Hacker News
A new Mirai botnet variant named Pandora is compromising Android-based TV sets, transforming them into DDoS attack bots.
Security Affairs
Microsoft reported that the Sysrv botnet is targeting Windows and Linux servers exploiting flaws in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Threat actors use the botnet in a cryptomining campaign targeting Windows […]
HACKRead
The recently discovered GoTitan botnet is built on the Golang programming language, whereas PrCtrl Rat is a .NET program.
DarkReading
The feds have disrupted a Russian intelligence SOHO router botnet notable for being built with Moobot malware rather than custom code.
The Hacker News
NoaBot, a Mirai-based botnet, is targeting SSH servers for crypto mining since early 2023
SecurityWeek
Taiwanese electronics giant ASUS has issued an alert to warn users of Cyclops Blink botnet attacks targeting its routers.
SecurityWeek
The DreamBus botnet has resurfaced and it has been exploiting a recently patched Apache RocketMQ vulnerability to deliver a Monero miner.
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