DirtyMoe Botnet Gains New Exploits in Wormable Module to Spread Rapidly

The malware known as DirtyMoe has gained new worm-like propagation capabilities that allow it to expand its reach without requiring any user interaction, the latest research has found. "The worming module targets older well-known vulnerabilities, e.g., EternalBlue and Hot Potato Windows privilege...

New "B1txor20" Linux Botnet Uses DNS Tunnel and Exploits Log4J Flaw

A previously undocumented backdoor has been observed targeting Linux systems with the goal of corralling the machines into a botnet and acting as a conduit for downloading and installing rootkits. Qihoo 360's Netlab security team called it B1txor20 "based on its propagation using the file name...

Qakbot Botnet Sprouts Fangs, Injects Malware into Email Threads

The Qakbot botnet is getting more dangerous, sinking its fangs into email threads and injecting malicious modules to pump up the core botnet’s powers. On Thursday, Sophos published a deep dive into the botnet, describing how researchers have recently seen it spreading through email thread hijacki...

Emotet Botnet's Latest Resurgence Spreads to Over 100,000 Computers

The insidious Emotet botnet, which staged a return in November 2021 after a 10-month-long hiatus, is once again exhibiting signs of steady growth, amassing a swarm of over 100,000 infected hosts for perpetrating its malicious activities. "While Emotet has not yet attained the same scale it once...

Imperva Thwarts 2.5 Million RPS Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks

Cybersecurity company Imperva on Friday said it recently mitigated a ransom distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack targeting an unnamed website that peaked at 2.5 million requests per second RPS. "While ransom DDoS attacks are not new, they appear to be evolving and becoming more interesting...

Massive Meris Botnet Embeds Ransomware Notes from REvil

Hey webop\geeks, you\are\already\dead, a note claiming to be left by the REvil ransomware gang declared, embedded into the attack itself as a string of text in the URL for the extortion demand. Imperva reported the interesting twist on Friday – one of several it’s seen in the evolution of...

Imperva Mitigates Ransom DDoS Attack Measuring 2.5 Million Requests per Second

We are only at the beginning of 2022 and it looks like it is going to be an interesting year for the Distributed Denial of Service DDoS landscape. We recently mitigated a ransom DDoS attack on a single website which reached a rate of 2.5 million requests per second Mrps. And while ransom DDoS...

Rebirth of Emotet: New Features of the Botnet and How to Detect it

One of the most dangerous and infamous threats is back again. In January 2021, global officials took down the botnet. Law enforcement sent a destructive update to the Emotet's executables. And it looked like the end of the trojan's story. But the malware never ceased to surprise. November 2021, i...

Notorious TrickBot Malware Gang Shuts Down its Botnet Infrastructure

The modular Windows crimeware platform known as TrickBot formally shuttered its infrastructure on Thursday after reports emerged of its imminent retirement amid a lull in its activity for almost two months, marking an end to one of the most persistent malware campaigns in recent years. "TrickBot ...

Cyclops Blink malware: US and UK authorities issue alert

According to a joint security advisory published yesterday by US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies, a new malware called Cyclops Blink has surfaced to replace the VPNFilter malware attributed to the Sandworm group, which has always been seen as a Russian state-sponsored group...

U.S., U.K. Agencies Warn of New Russian Botnet Built from Hacked Firewall Devices

Intelligence agencies in the U.K. and the U.S. disclosed details of a new botnet malware called Cyclops Blink that's been attributed to the Russian-backed Sandworm hacking group and deployed in attacks dating back to 2019. "Cyclops Blink appears to be a replacement framework for the VPNFilter...

Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls

Western intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal...

Hackers Exploiting Infected Android Devices to Register Disposable Accounts

An analysis of SMS phone-verified account PVA services has led to the discovery of a rogue platform built atop a botnet involving thousands of infected Android phones, once again underscoring the flaws with relying on SMS for account validation. SMS PVA services, since gaining prevalence in 2018,...

Kraken botnet bypass Windows Defender to steal crypto wallet data

By Deeba Ahmed Kraken botnet utilizes SmokeLoader malware, and its operators have already been raking in around $3,000 per month. ZeroFox… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kraken botnet bypass Windows Defender to steal crypto wallet data...

PseudoManuscrypt Malware Spreading the Same Way as CryptBot Targets Koreans

Numerous Windows machines located in South Korea have been targeted by a botnet tracked as PseudoManuscrypt since at least May 2021 by employing the same delivery tactics of another malware called CryptBot. "PseudoManuscrypt is disguised as an installer that is similar to a form of CryptBot, and ...

Baby Golang-Based Botnet Already Pulling in $3K/Month for Operators

There’s a new, still-under-development, Golang-based botnet called Kraken with a level of brawn that belies its youth: It’s using the SmokeLoader malware loader to spread like wildfire and is already raking in a tidy USD $3,000/month for its operators, researchers report. Though its name may soun...

Researchers Warn of a New Golang-based Botnet Under Continuous Development

Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a nascent Golang-based botnet called Kraken that's under active development and features an array of backdoor capabilities to siphon sensitive information from compromised Windows hosts. "Kraken already features the ability to download and execute secondary...

Emotet Now Spreading Through Malicious Excel Files

The infamous Emotet malware has switched tactics yet again, in an email campaign propagating through malicious Excel files, researchers have found. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new infection approach for the high-volume malware, which is known to modify and change its...

FritzFrog: P2P Botnet Hops Back on the Scene

FritzFrog is a peer-to-peer botnet, which means its command and control server is not limited to a single, centralized machine, but rather can be done from every machine in its distributed network. In other words, every host running the malware process becomes part of the network, and is capable ...

FritzFrog: P2P Botnet Hops Back on the Scene

FritzFrog is a peer-to-peer botnet, which means its command and control server is not limited to a single, centralized machine, but rather can be done from every machine in its distributed network. In other words, every host running the malware process becomes part of the network, and is capable ...