Unpacking Diicot - Evolving Campaign Targeting Linux Environments

Wiz Threat Research uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Linux environments attributed to the Diicot threat group...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 19 June to 25 June 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, the fact that there were a total of twelve attacks executed, taking advantage of seventeen different vulnerabilities ...

The Rising Diicot Threat Group with Diverse Attack Capabilities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Romanian threat group “Diicot” has been actively employing SSH bruteforcing and deploying malware loaders to compromise systems for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining. The campaign involves exploitin...

From Cryptojacking to DDoS Attacks: Diicot Expands Tactics with Cayosin Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered previously undocumented payloads associated with a Romanian threat actor named Diicot , revealing its potential for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "The Diicot name is significant, as it's also the name of the Romanian organized crim...

From Cryptojacking to DDoS Attacks: Diicot Expands Tactics with Cayosin Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered previously undocumented payloads associated with a Romanian threat actor named Diicot, revealing its potential for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "The Diicot name is significant, as it's also the name of the Romanian organized crime...

New Diicot Threat Group Targets SSH Servers with Brute-Force Malware

By Waqas Diicot, previously known as Mexals, is a relatively new threat group that possesses extensive technical knowledge and has a broad range of objectives. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Diicot Threat Group Targets SSH Servers with Brute-Force Malware...

Linux-Focused Cryptojacking Gang Tracked to Romania

A cryptojacking gang that’s likely based in Romania is using a never-before-seen SSH brute-forcer dubbed “Diicot brute” to crack passwords on Linux-based machines with weak passwords. The point of the campaign is mainly to deploy Monero mining malware, Bitdefender researchers said in a report...