Some weeks in security (December 16 – January 5)

During the holiday period on Malwarebytes Labs we covered: A day in the life of a privacy pro, with Ron de Jesus Lock and Code S05E26 Task scams surge by 400%, but what are they? 5 million payment card details stolen in painful reminder to monitor Christmas spending AI-generated malvertising "whi...

A Security Vulnerability in the KmsdBot Botnet

Security researchers found a software bug in the KmsdBot cryptomining botnet: With no error-checking built in, sending KmsdBot a malformed command­--like its controllers did one day while Akamai was watching­--created a panic crash with an "index out of range" error. Because theres no persistence...

A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet

By Deeba Ahmed The KmsdBot was known for targeting both Linux and Windows devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet...