Articles tagged with Botnet

BrickerBot Author Retires Claiming to Have Bricked over 10 Million IoT Devices

The author of the BrickerBot malware has announced his retirement in an email to Bleeping Computer, also claiming to have bricked over 10 million devices since he started the "Internet Chemotherapy" project in November 2016.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 11, 2017
- 07:35 PM
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ProxyM Botnet Used as Relay Point for SQLi, XSS, LFI Attacks

A botnet made up of IoT devices is helping hackers mask attacks on web applications, acting as a relay point for SQL injection (SQLi), cross-site scripting (XSS), and local file inclusion (LFI) attempts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 11, 2017
- 02:14 PM
- 0
Satori Botnet Has Sudden Awakening With Over 280,000 Active Bots

Security researchers are raising the alarm in regards to a new botnet named Satori that has been seen active on over 280,000 different IPs in the past 12 hours.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 05, 2017
- 02:10 PM
- 1
World Police Shut Down Andromeda (Gamarue) Botnet

Law enforcement agencies across the globe and members of the private sector announced today they shut down the Andromeda (Gamarue or Wauchos) botnet.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 04, 2017
- 03:25 PM
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Mirai Activity Picks up Once More After Publication of PoC Exploit Code

The publication of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code in a public vulnerabilities database has lead to increased activity from Mirai-based IoT botnets, Li Fengpei, a security researcher with Qihoo 360 Netlab, told Bleeping Computer today.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24, 2017
- 09:23 AM
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Spam Bots Bombards Victims With Star Wars Quotes and Links to Gambling Apps

In one of the weirdest things you'll hear today, a spam botnet has been randomly selecting text from a Star Wars novel and sending it to victims, alongside with download links to online gambling apps.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 15, 2017
- 11:00 PM
- 0
Hacker Wannabes Fooled by Backdoored IP Scanner

Wannabe hackers looking to create their very own Reaper botnet might have gotten more than they asked when they downloaded an IP scanner over the past few weeks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 08, 2017
- 04:16 PM
- 0
Malware Dev Who Used Spam Botnet to Pay for College Gets No Prison Time

A Pittsburgh judge sentenced a malware dev to two years probation and no prison time for his involvement with a spam botnet.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 02, 2017
- 06:08 AM
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A Gigantic IoT Botnet Has Grown in the Shadows in the Past Month

Since mid-September, a new IoT botnet has grown to massive proportions. Codenamed IoT_reaper (Reaper for this article), researchers estimate its current size at nearly two million infected devices.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20, 2017
- 09:30 AM
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Sockbot Android Malware Found in Eight Apps on the Google Play Store

Google has removed eight apps from the official Play Store that were infected with the Sockbot Android malware.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 19, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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Necurs Malware Will Now Take a Screenshot of Your Screen, Report Runtime Errors

Malware families evolve on a daily basis, but some updates catch your eye more than others. Necurs has just gone through one of these "interesting" updates, according to US security firm Symantec.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 17, 2017
- 07:00 PM
- 0
Akamai Identifies 14K-Strong Fast Flux Botnet

Researchers at Akamai have identified a botnet of over 14,000 IP addresses used in malware distribution operations. The botnet is still up and running, and experts believe it will be hard to take it down because its operators are employing a clever technique called Fast Flux.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 12, 2017
- 11:07 AM
- 1
Devilishly Clever KnockKnock Attack Tries to Break Into System Email Accounts

Security researchers have spotted a new type of low-and-slow brute-force attack — which they nicknamed KnockKnock — aimed at companies with Office 365 accounts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 09, 2017
- 09:25 AM
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Flusihoc DDoS Botnet Ramps up Activity, Most Likely Operated out of China

A DDoS botnet first discovered in 2015 has ramped up activity during the summer and is responsible for over 900 DDoS attacks during the past four months, the biggest of which reached 45 Gbps.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 04, 2017
- 07:51 AM
- 0
IoT Botnet Retooled to Send Email Spam

Researchers have discovered that an IoT botnet known as ProxyM is being used to send email spam.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 22, 2017
- 01:00 AM
- 0
Second Researcher Drops Router Exploit Code After D-Link Mishandles Bug Reports

Embedi, a hardware security firm, has published details about two vulnerabilities that have yet to be patched in the firmware of D-Link routers. This marks the second incident of this sort in the last five days.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 13, 2017
- 06:20 AM
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RouteX Malware Uses Netgear Routers for Credential Stuffing Attacks

A Russian-speaking hacker has been infecting Netgear routers over the past months with a new strain of malware named RouteX that he uses to turn infected devices into SOCKS proxies and carry out credential stuffing attacks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 13, 2017
- 01:10 AM
- 0
Malware Author Uses Same Skype ID to Run IoT Botnet and Apply for Jobs

In one of the most epic fails of epic fails, a malware dev used the same Skype ID to advertise his IoT botnet, but also to apply for jobs on freelancing portals.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 06, 2017
- 11:17 AM
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After Dodging Prison in Germany, Mirai Hacker "BestBuy" Charged in the UK

Daniel Kaye, a 29-year-old hacker known under the nicknames of BestBuy and Popopret, will appear in a UK court today to face hacking charges related to his activity as master of one of the biggest Mirai botnets ever assembled.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31, 2017
- 12:10 AM
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Security Firms Unite to Bring Down WireX Android DDoS Botnet

Security researchers from Akamai, Cloudflare, Flashpoint, Google, Oracle Dyn, RiskIQ, Team Cymru, and a few other companies have worked together to take down a DDoS botnet made up of Android devices.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28, 2017
- 02:05 PM
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