U.S. Takes Down IPStorm Botnet, Russian-Moldovan Mastermind Pleads Guilty

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the takedown of the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure, as the Russian and Moldovan national behind the operation pleaded guilty. "The botnet infrastructure had infected Windows systems then further expanded to infect Linux, Mac, and Andro...

Operator of Major Proxy Botnet ‘IPStorm’ Arrested, Pleads Guilty in US

By Waqas The FBI arrested the operator of the IPStorm botnet, a Russian-Moldovan national, in Spain. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Operator of Major Proxy Botnet IPStorm Arrested, Pleads Guilty in US...

Alert: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Targets Public Docker Engine APIs to Hijack Containers

Publicly-accessible Docker Engine API instances are being targeted by threat actors as part of a campaign designed to co-opt the machines into a distributed denial-of-service DDoS botnet dubbed OracleIV. "Attackers are exploiting this misconfiguration to deliver a malicious Docker container, buil...

OracleIV DDoS Botnet Malware Targets Docker Engine API Instances

By Waqas While OracleIV is not a supply chain attack, it highlights the ongoing threat of misconfigured Docker Engine API deployments. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Malware Targets Docker Engine API Instances...

Experts Expose Farnetwork's Ransomware-as-a-Service Business Model

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service RaaS programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program...

Socks5Systemz Proxy Botnet Infects 10,000 Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A sophisticated proxy botnet known as Socks5Systemz has insidiously infiltrated over 10,000 computers by employing the PrivateLoader and Amadey malware loaders. The masterminds behind this botnet offer...

Threat Roundup for October 27 to November 3

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Mysterious Kill Switch Disrupts Mozi IoT Botnet Operations

The unexpected drop in malicious activity connected with the Mozi botnet in August 2023 was due to a kill switch that was distributed to the bots. "First, the drop manifested in India on August 8," ESET said in an analysis published this week. "A week later, on August 16, the same thing happened ...

Mozi Botnet Takedown: Who Killed the IoT Zombie Botnet?

By Waqas The Mozi Botnet, one of the largest IoT botnets, has been taken down, but the responsible party remains unknown. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mozi Botnet Takedown: Who Killed the IoT Zombie Botnet?...

Deciphering Mirai’s Next Chapter: the Strategies of the Latest Players

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The realm of cybersecurity witnessed the rise of formidable botnet variants stemming from the notorious Mirai source code. Prominent among them are hailBot, kiraiBot, and catDDoS, showcasing heightened...

What to know about the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDoS attacks

Cisco Talos is actively tracking the novel distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks cloud services provider Cloudflare disclosed earlier this week. The techniques described in Cloudflares blog post resulted in a record-breaking DDoS attack and could facilitate much larger attacks in the future...

Deciphering Mirai’s Next Chapter: the Strategies of the Latest Players

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The realm of cybersecurity witnessed the rise of formidable botnet variants stemming from the notorious Mirai source code. Prominent among them are hailBot, kiraiBot, and catDDoS, showcasing heightened...

NodeStealer Malware Now Targets Facebook Business Accounts on Multiple Browsers

An ongoing campaign is targeting Facebook Business accounts with bogus messages to harvest victims' credentials using a variant of the Python-based NodeStealer and potentially take over their accounts for follow-on malicious activities. "The attacks are reaching victims mainly in Southern Europe...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 4 September to 10 September 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of ten executed attacks, one instance of adversary activity, and six vulnerabilities...

DreamBus Botnet Exploiting A Critical Vulnerability in Apache RocketMQ

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical vulnerability CVE-2023-33246 in Apache RocketMQ servers enables remote code execution, leading to a surge in attacks, including the deployment of the DreamBus malware. Timely system...

Mirai Botnet Variant 'Pandora' Hijacks Android TVs for Cyberattacks

A Mirai botnet variant called Pandora has been observed infiltrating inexpensive Android-based TV sets and TV boxes and using them as part of a botnet to perform distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Doctor Web said the compromises are likely to occur either during malicious firmware update...

2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains

Plus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more...

Qakbot botnet infrastructure suffers major takedown

The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies. Operation DuckHunt, as it was codenamed, is possibly the largest US-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Not only did the agenci...

When Apps Go Rogue

Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad. With more official macOS features added in 2021 that enabled the "Night Shift" dark mode, the NightOwl app was left forlorn and forgotten on many older Macs. Few...

Smoke Loader Botnet Drops Location Tracker Whiffy Recon Malware

By Deeba Ahmed The new Whiffy Recon Malware was identified by cybersecurity researchers at Secureworks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Smoke Loader Botnet Drops Location Tracker Whiffy Recon Malware...