Necurs, one of the world’s biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author: Lisa Vaas
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Coronavirus warning spreads computer virus
There’s an attachment that you are “strongly recommended to read” on account of coronavirus infections in your area. Don’t open it! This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
Sextortion Scams Delivered by Emotet Net 10 Times More Than Necurs Sextortion — Here’s Why
Recent spam campaigns from Emotet featured sextortion content very similar to emails previously sent by the Necurs botnet. However, Emotet spam ended up netting 10 times the amount that a…
New Mozi P2P Botnet Attacks Netgear, GPON, D-Link and Huawei Routers Using Weak Passwords and Some Known Exploits
A new Distributed Hash Table (DHT) protocol based botnet dubbed Mozi attacks routers with weak passwords and known exploits. The botnet appears to be active at least from September 03,…
Momentum Botnet Attacks Linux Devices and Recruit them as Botnet to Launch DDoS Attacks Using 36 Different Methods
Security researchers from Trend Micro observed a new malware activity targeting devices running the Linux platform, the malware samples found to be connected with Momentum Botnet. The malware campaign targets…
DDoS Attacks and IoT Exploits: New Activity from Momentum Botnet
by Aliakbar Zahravi We recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux, a platform that has battled numerous issues just this year. Further analysis of retrieved malware samples revealed…
DDoS Attacks and IoT Exploits: New Activity from Momentum Botnet
by Aliakbar Zahravi We recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux, a platform that has battled numerous issues just this year. Further analysis of retrieved malware samples revealed…
DDoS Attacks and IoT Exploits: New Activity from Momentum Botnet
by Aliakbar Zahravi We recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux, a platform that has battled numerous issues just this year. Further analysis of retrieved malware samples revealed…
Roboto Botnet Exploiting Linux Webmin Server RCE Vulnerability To Perform DDoS Attack
A new wave of Roboto Botnet activities being discovered that attack the Linux Webmin servers by exploiting the RCE vulnerability using vulnerability scanning and P2P control module. Roboto Botnet initially…
APT33 Hackers Launching Malware via Obfuscated C2 Server to Hack Organizations in the Middle East, the U.S., and Asia
Researchers uncovered a new wave of a targeted cyberattack against the organizations in the Middle East, the U.S., and Asia using an obfuscated Malware with dozen live Command and Control…