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Botnet Party on GPON Routers
At least five IoT botnets are fighting each other and attempting to infect Dasan GPON routers, according to Chinese cyber-security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab.
- May 10, 2018
- 05:50 PM
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"Hide and Seek" Becomes First IoT Botnet Capable of Surviving Device Reboots
Security researchers have discovered the first IoT botnet malware strain that can survive device reboots and remain on infected devices after the initial compromise.
- May 08, 2018
- 05:20 PM
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Vulnerabilities Affecting Over One Million Dasan GPON Routers Are Now Under Attack
Two vulnerabilities affecting over one million routers, and disclosed earlier this week, are now under attack by botnet herders, who are trying to gather the vulnerable devices under their control.
- May 04, 2018
- 04:18 AM
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Survey Reveals Users Have No Clue About Router Security
A recent survey of 2,205 regular users has proven once again that most people don't update router firmware, don't change default credentials, and don't generally know how to secure their devices.
- April 23, 2018
- 01:00 AM
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Big IoT Botnet Starts Large-Scale Exploitation of Drupalgeddon 2 Vulnerability
A botnet made up of servers and smart devices has begun the mass exploitation of a severe Drupal CMS vulnerability and is using already compromised systems to infect new machines, in a worm-like behavior.
- April 20, 2018
- 11:27 AM
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Over 65,000 Home Routers Are Proxying Bad Traffic for Botnets, APTs
Botnet operators and cyber-espionage groups (APTs) are abusing the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol that comes with all modern routers to proxy bad traffic and hide their real location from investigators.
- April 12, 2018
- 01:00 AM
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GoScanSSH Malware Avoids Government and Military Servers
Security experts have discovered a new strain of malware that targets vulnerable Linux-based systems and tries its best to avoid infecting devices on government and military networks.
- March 26, 2018
- 02:15 PM
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Chinese Crooks Assembling Massive Botnet of Nearly 5 Million Android Devices
A Chinese malware operation is currently building a massive botnet of nearly 5 million Android smartphones using a strain of malware named RottenSys.
- March 15, 2018
- 08:12 AM
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New Mirai Variant Focuses on Turning IoT Devices into Proxy Servers
Security researchers have spotted a new variant of the Mirai malware that focuses on infecting IoT and networking equipment with the main purpose of turning these devices into a network of proxy servers used to relay malicious traffic.
- February 27, 2018
- 03:23 AM
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DoubleDoor Botnet Chains Exploits to Bypass Firewalls
Crooks are building a botnet that for the first time is bundling two exploits together in an attempt to bypass enterprise firewalls and infect devices.
- February 14, 2018
- 11:27 AM
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Android Devices Targeted by New Monero-Mining Botnet
A new botnet appeared over the weekend, and it's targeting Android devices by scanning for open debug ports so it can infect victims with malware that mines the Monero cryptocurrency.
- February 05, 2018
- 05:30 AM
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New JenX IoT DDoS Botnet Offered Part of Gaming Server Rental Scheme
The operators of a gaming server rental business are believed to have built an IoT DDoS botnet, which they are now offering as part of the server rental scheme.
- February 03, 2018
- 05:20 AM
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Mining Botnet Targeting Redis and OrientDB Servers Made Almost $1 Million
A Monero-mining botnet targeting Redis and OrientDB servers has infected nearly 4,400 servers and has mined over $925,000 worth of Monero since March 2017.
- February 02, 2018
- 04:46 AM
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Smominru Botnet Infected Over 500,000 Windows Machines
Over 526,000 Windows computers —mainly Windows servers— have been infected with Monero mining software by a group that operates the biggest such botnet known to date.
- February 01, 2018
- 06:50 AM
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New HNS IoT Botnet Has Already Amassed 14K Bots
A new botnet is growing around the world, feeding off unsecured IoT devices, mainly IP cameras, and getting ready to do some harm.
- January 24, 2018
- 12:22 PM
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World's Largest Spam Botnet Is Pumping and Dumping an Obscure Cryptocurrency
Necurs, the world's largest spam botnet, is currently sending millions of spam emails that push an obscure cryptocurrency named Swisscoin.
- January 17, 2018
- 11:23 AM
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Satori Botnet Is Now Attacking Ethereum Mining Rigs
A new variant of the Satori botnet has sprung back to life, and this one is hacking into Claymore mining rigs and replacing the device owner's mining credentials with the attacker's own.
- January 17, 2018
- 05:05 AM
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The Number of IoT Botnet C&C Servers Doubled in 2017
In 2017, the number of command and control (C&C) servers used for managing IoT botnets has more than doubled, going from 393 in 2016 to 943 in 2017.
- January 09, 2018
- 09:50 AM
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Python-Based Botnet Targets Linux Systems with Exposed SSH Ports
Experts believe that an experienced cybercrime group has created a botnet from compromised Linux servers and is using these systems to mine Monero, a digital currency.
- January 05, 2018
- 04:21 PM
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Amateur Hacker Behind Satori Botnet
A so-called "script kiddie" is behind the recently discovered Satori botnet that has scared security researchers because of its rapid rise to a size of hundreds of thousands of compromised devices.
- December 22, 2017
- 05:10 AM
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