Here you will find all the articles with the tag: botnet.
Researchers from the security firm Guardicore Labs have found what is believed to be a previously undiscovered botnet with advanced features. They say it is targeting millions of servers globally. The botnet uses original proprietary software. The purpose of the botnet is to infect servers and t... Read more
4 years ago
A new variant of the Mirai malware focuses on a vulnerability in network attached storage (NAS) and uses that vulnerability to integrate the devices into an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet. The new version of the malware, named Mukashi, uses brute force attacks using different combinations of st... Read more
4 years ago
A pre-existing botnet has changed its behaviour by switching to cryptomining. To do this, it uses YouTube as part of its process. The change was discovered on Tuesday by ESET security researchers. The Statinko botnet, which has been active since 2012, was previously used as part of a large-scale... Read more
4 years ago
Barracuda Networks has adopted the collision detection technology from InfiSecure Technologies. With this technology, the company wants to strengthen its recently announced Advanced Bot Protection. Barracuda Networks announced its Advanced Bot Protection in June. The solution - which uses artificial... Read more
5 years ago
The French police have taken over and neutralised a large botnet for cryptographic currency mining. The botnet managed nearly a million infected computers. It was the Retadup malware, writes Techcrunch. This malware infects computers and then uses processor power to minimize cryptographic currency. ... Read more
5 years ago
Security researchers have discovered a new botnet called GoldBrute. The botnet attacks Windows systems that have a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection to the Internet. According to researcher Renato Marinho of Morphus Labs, 1,596,571 RDP endpoints have been attacked. This number will most likel... Read more
5 years ago
A botnet used to steal money from the Electrum bitcoin wallet network continues to grow. According to researchers, at its peak, it passed over 150,000 hosts. A total of $4.6 million has now been stolen from victims. The botnet was first discovered on 8 April, writes Silicon Angle. This is a new vari... Read more
5 years ago
The infamous botnet Mirai is back. A new variant of the botnet focuses on business IoT devices. In this way, Mirai collects a great deal of bandwidth in order to be able to carry out DDoS attacks. Mirai takes advantage of vulnerabilities that usually arise from unpatented software. A hacker who offe... Read more
5 years ago
The FBI has managed to disrupt a number of botnets. That's what the federal police did as part of an operation to tackle fraudsters. The network that is now disrupted manipulated the Internet traffic of up to 1.7 million IP addresses and generated nearly 30 million dollars in revenue from fraudulent... Read more
5 years ago
