Mirai Botnet Abusing Log4j Vulnerability

Threat Researcher Larry Cashdollar has discovered evidence of the Mirai botnet abusing Log4j vulnerability and shares code examples...

Best IP Stresser Tool

Introduction Testing the restriction of your Web laborer incorporates pushing legitimately greater measures of traffic to it. You can either get delivered traffic or catch as of late experienced traffic and replay it at a higher concurrence than truly happened. There are organizations that can gi...

New PseudoManuscrypt Malware Infected Over 35,000 Computers in 2021

Industrial and government organizations, including enterprises in the military-industrial complex and research laboratories, are the targets of a new malware botnet dubbed PseudoManyscrypt that has infected roughly 35,000 Windows computers this year alone. The name comes from its similarities to...

New Phorpiex Botnet Variant Steals Half a Million Dollars in Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency users in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and the Philippines are being targeted by a new variant of the Phorpiex botnet called Twizt that has resulted in the theft of virtual coins amounting to $500,000 over the last one year. Israeli security firm Check Point Research, which...

‘PseudoManuscrypt’ Mass Spyware Campaign Targets 35K Systems

Researchers have tracked new spyware – dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” because it’s similar to “Manuscrypt” malware from the Lazarus advanced persistent threat APT group – that’s attempted to scribble itself across more than 35,000 targeted computers in 195 countries. Kaspersky researchers said in a...

PseudoManuscrypt: a mass-scale spyware attack campaign

In June 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts identified malware whose loader has some similarities to the Manuscrypt malware, which is part of the Lazarus APT groups arsenal. In 2020, the group used Manuscrypt in attacks on defense enterprises in different countries. These attacks are described in th...

Exploit for Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Siemens 6Bk1602-0Aa12-0Tp0_Firmware

Log4Shell CVE-2021-44228 related attack IOCs The source IP...

Google Shuts Down Glupteba Botnet, Sues Operators

Google took steps to shut down the Glupteba botnet, at least for now. The botnet uses the bitcoin blockchain as a backup command-and-control mechanism, making it hard to get rid of it permanently. So Google is also suing the botnets operators. Its an interesting strategy. Lets see if its successf...

Over 300,000 MikroTik Devices Found Vulnerable to Remote Hacking Bugs

At least 300,000 IP addresses associated with MikroTik devices have been found vulnerable to multiple remotely exploitable security vulnerabilities that have since been patched by the popular supplier of routers and wireless ISP devices. The most affected devices are located in China, Brazil,...

Moobot Botnet Chews Up Hikvision Surveillance Systems

Although a patch was released in September, any still-vulnerable Hikvision IP Network Video Recorder NVR products are being actively targeted by the Mirai-based botnet known as Moobot. FortiGuard Labs has released a report detailing how the Moobot botnet is leveraging a known remote code executio...

Google disrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs

By Waqas Google has also filed a lawsuit against the alleged Russian threat actors and operators of Glupteba Botnet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google disrupts Glupteba blockchain botnet that infected 1mn PCs...

Emotet’s Behavior & Spread Are Omens of Ransomware Attacks

The rapid spread of Emotet via TrickBot and its behavior since the malware resurfaced last month could signal that a spate of ransomware attacks are on the way, spurring researchers to warn organizations to buckle up and get ready. In mid-November, a team of researchers from Cryptolaemus, G DATA...

Google Disrupts Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet; Sues Russian Hackers

Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated "multi-component" botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored its command-and-control server addresses on Bitcoin's blockchain as a resilien...

140,000 Reasons Why Emotet is Piggybacking on TrickBot in its Return from the Dead

The operators of TrickBot malware have infected an estimated 140,000 victims across 149 countries a little over a year after attempts were to dismantle its infrastructure, even as the advanced Trojan is fast becoming an entry point for Emotet, another botnet that was taken down at the start of...

Google Takes Down Glupteba Botnet; Files Lawsuit Against Operators

Google’s Threat Analysis Group TAG has disrupted the blockchain-enabled botnet known as Glupteba, which is made up of around 1 million compromised Windows and internet of things IoT devices. In tandem, Google also filed a lawsuit against the botnet’s operators. Glupteba, already a formidable...

AT&T Takes Steps to Mitigate Botnet Found Inside Its Network

AT&T is taking action to take down a botnet that had set up shop inside its network, infecting 5,700 VoIP servers that route traffic from enterprise customers to upstream mobile providers. Researchers from Netlab, a network security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, first discovered what...

New EwDoor Botnet Targeting Unpatched AT&T Network Edge Devices

A newly discovered botnet capable of staging distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks targeted unpatched Ribbon Communications formerly Edgewater Networks EdgeMarc appliances belonging to telecom service provider AT&T by exploiting a four-year-old flaw in the network appliances. Chinese tech...

Attackers Will Flock to Crypto Wallets, Linux in 2022: Podcast

Ransomware is on the rise, and attackers are massing in never-before-seen numbers, lining up to find victims. Could the new year possibly get any worse? According to FortiGuard Labs, the answer is yes. According to its 2022 predictions, upcoming threats will target an expanding attack surface,...

FBI Email Hoaxer ID’ed by the Guy He Allegedly Loves to Torment

Vinny Troia, the cybersecurity researcher mentioned in a fake alert gushed out to thousands of people from the FBI’s own email system on Friday night, has fingered the guy who allegedly pulled off the exploit. Register now for our LIVE event! Troia – white hat threat hunter, cybercrime investigat...

Emotet malware reemerges, building botnet via Trickbot malware

By Deeba Ahmed Bad news for the cybersecurity fraternity. Emotet malware that was dubbed the World's Most Dangerous and Widely Spread Malware is back. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Emotet malware reemerges, building botnet via Trickbot malware...