SpeakUp Linux Backdoor Sets Up for Major Attack

LAS VEGAS — A backdoor trojan dubbed “SpeakUp” has been spotted exploiting the Linux servers that run more than 90 percent of the top 1 million domains in the U.S. It uses a complex bag of tricks to infect hosts and to propagate, which analysts say could indicate that it’s poised for a major...

Cyber Security Week in Review (Feb. 1)

Welcome to this week's Cyber Security Week in Review, where Cisco Talos runs down all of the news we think you need to know in the security world. For more news delivered to your inbox every week, sign up for our Threat Source newsletter here. Top headlines this week Apple revoked a set of...

TheMoon Rises Again, With a Botnet-as-a-Service Threat

TheMoon, an IoT botnet targeting home routers and modems, is entering a new phase, as it were: It has added a previously undocumented module that allows it to be sold as-a-service to other malicious actors. This has already had significant real-world consequences, according to CenturyLink Threat...

U.S. Government Goes After North Korea's Joanap Botnet

The U.S. Justice Department is looking to retaliate against North Korea-linked hackers who have built up a massive global network of infected computers. The department announced on Wednesday that it would seek to map out the Joanap botnet, which has been built and controlled by North Korea-linked...

FBI Mapping 'Joanap Malware' Victims to Disrupt the North Korean Botnet

The United States Department of Justice DoJ announced Wednesday its effort to "map and further disrupt" a botnet tied to North Korea that has infected numerous Microsoft Windows computers across the globe over the last decade. Dubbed Joanap, the botnet is believed to be part of "Hidden Cobra"—an...

FBI Mapping 'Joanap Malware' Victims to Disrupt the North Korean Botnet

The United States Department of Justice DoJ announced Wednesday its effort to "map and further disrupt" a botnet tied to North Korea that has infected numerous Microsoft Windows computers across the globe over the last decade. Dubbed Joanap , the botnet is believed to be part of "Hidden Cobra"—an...

Monero: Cybercrime's Top Choice for Mining Malware

An academic analysis of cryptomining malware has determined that the Monero virtual currency XMR is “by far” the most popular cryptocurrency to mine among cybercriminals. And, it would appear that cryptomining as a criminal enterprise is unlikely to wane anytime soon. After examining approximatel...

Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS

Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out...

Man whose DDoS attacks took down entire country’s Internet jailed

By Waqas A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka "BestBuy and Popopret" to two years and eight months in prison for conducting large scale DDoS attacks on Lonestar Cell MTN disrupting country's Internet and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage...

DDoSing Hospital Networks Landed This Hacktivist in Jail for Over 10 Years

A simple DDoS attack could land you in jail for 10 years or even more. A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the computer network of two healthcare organizations in 2014 to protest the treatment of a teenager at the centers. Beyond...

Newsmaker Interview: Troy Mursch on Top Botnet Trends

Botnet activity saw a healthy amount of dynamism in 2018. There were new types of devices being targeted, such as carrier-grade MikroTik hardware; and, there was also a host of new types of criminal activity surfacing making the point that botnets aren’t just for DDoS anymore. New types of...

Hackers conducting botnet attacks through 20k hacked WordPress sites

By Uzair Amir A newly published research from Defiant, a WordPress security firm, reveals that there is a botnet hunting for WordPress sites using over 20,000 already compromised WordPress sites. As the new sites are infected, these automatically become part of the bot army and start acting on th...

KeyBase Botnet 1.5 - SQL Injection

KeyBase Botnet 1.5 - SQL Injection Exploit Title: KeyBase Botnet v1.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability Google Dork: intitle:"KeyBase: Login" + intext:" Login to get access to your logs " Date: 3/12/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: unkn0wn Version: v1.5 Tested on:...

KeyBase Botnet 1.5 SQL Injection

Exploit Title: KeyBase Botnet v1.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability Google Dork: intitle:"KeyBase: Login" + intext:" Login to get access to your logs " Date: 3/12/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: unkn0wn Version: v1.5 Tested on: Windows 10, debian 7 CVE : n/a...

KeyBase Botnet 1.5 - SQL Injection

Exploit Title: KeyBase Botnet v1.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability Google Dork: intitle:"KeyBase: Login" + intext:" Login to get access to your logs " Date: 3/12/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: unkn0wn Version: v1.5 Tested on: Windows 10, debian 7 CVE : n/a...

KeyBase Botnet v1.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: KeyBase Botnet v1.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability Google Dork: intitle:"KeyBase: Login" + intext:" Login to get access to your logs " Date: 3/12/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: unkn0wn Versio...

KPOT Botnet Arbitrary File Disclosure

Exploit Title: KPOT Botnet - File Download/Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability Google Dork: n/a Date: 26/11/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: https://bhf.io/threads/515432/ Version: unkn0wn Tested on: Windows 10, debian 7 CVE : n/a Vuln-Code: download.php PoC:...

KPOT Botnet - File Download/Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: KPOT Botnet - File Download/Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability Google Dork: n/a Date: 26/11/2018 Exploit Author: n4pst3r Vendor Homepage: unkn0wn Software Link: https://bhf.io/threads/515432/ Version: unkn0wn Tested on: Window...

ThreatList: Cryptominers Dominate Malware Growth in 2018

The number of cryptomining attacks increased by more than 83 percent in the past year, with more than 5 million people attacked with the malware in the first three quarters of 2018. That’s compared to 2.7 million people over the same period in 2017, according to stats from Kaspersky Lab. The firm...

FBI Sinkholes $38M Global Ad Fraud Operation

The FBI has taken control of 31 web domains in a widespread takedown of a multi-year, global ad fraud campaign, believed to have stolen at least $38 million, partly via a botnet strategy. In addition, eight defendants face a 13-count indictment from a federal court in Brooklyn in the case. The...