WireX Variant Capable of UDP Flood Attacks

The WireX botnet presented defenders with many superlatives: the largest mobile botnet ever; hundreds of mobile apps spreading application-layer DDoS malware; unprecedented cooperation between technology companies—even competitors—to halt some of its activities. And now a companion piece to WireX...

WireX update: UDP attack capabilities

Akamai would like to acknowledge the research by F5 containing additional information on the capabilities of this malware, released September 2nd. Finding new features The WireX botnet was discovered due to its role in a series of prolonged attacks against several organizations. It was brought to...

On the Onliner Spambot, WireX, and Sarahah

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the Onliner spambot, Google’s forthcoming Not Secure warnings for Chrome, the WireX botnet, Sarahah privacy and more. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapSeptember12017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Show notes: Google Reminding Admins HTT...

The WireX Botnet warning Bulletin-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

2017 8 May 17, named WireX BotNet the botnet by masquerading ordinary Android applications the way a large number of infected Android devices and launched a large-scaleDDoSattack, this caused a portion of the CDN provider's note, and thereafter from Akamai, Cloudflare, Dragon Age, Google, Oracle...

Mobile WireX DDoS Botnet 'Neutralized' by Collaboration of Competitors

A collaboration between leading content delivery networks and technology companies—some of them competitors—is in the midst of shutting down the largest botnet of mobile devices ever recorded. The WireX botnet was detected on Aug. 17 after businesses in a number industries, most notably...

Tech Firms Team Up to Take Down ‘WireX’ Android DDoS Botnet

A half dozen technology and security companies -- some of them competitors -- issued the exact same press release today. This unusual level of cross-industry collaboration caps a successful effort to dismantle 'WireX,' an extraordinary new crime machine comprising tens of thousands of hacked...

The WireX Botnet: An example of cross-organizational cooperation

Introduction On August 17th, 2017, multiple Content Delivery Networks CDNs and content providers were subject to significant attacks from a botnet dubbed WireX. The botnet is named for an anagram for one of the delimiter strings in its command and control protocol. The WireX botnet comprises...

The WireX Botnet: An Example of Cross-Organizational Cooperation

On August 17th, 2017, multiple Content Delivery Networks CDNs and content providers were subject to significant attacks from a botnet dubbed WireX. The botnet is named for an anagram for one of the delimiter strings in its command and control protocol. The WireX botnet comprises primarily Android...

WireX DDoS Botnet: An Army of Thousands of Hacked Android SmartPhones

Do you believe that just because you have downloaded an app from the official app store, you're safe from malware? Think twice before believing it. A team of security researchers from several security firms have uncovered a new, widespread botnet that consists of tens of thousands of hacked Andro...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2001:006)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file condition in the gpm program. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:006. The text...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : inn (MDKSA-2001:010)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the inn program. This condition is due partly to the way inn is compiled and configured on some Linux distributions, including Linux-Mandrake, and partly due to the lack of information in the inn package detailing potential security...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : getty_ps (MDKSA-2001:004)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the gettyps program. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:004. The...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 016-1 (wu-ftpd)

The remote host is missing an update to wu-ftpd announced via advisory DSA 016-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb0161.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 016-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...