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Chinese botnet Volt Typhoon smashed
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

The US government announced that it had disrupted the threat actor Volt Typhoon's botnet, which it used to attack critical infrastructure in the United States and other countries. An operation authorized by the American judiciary in December 2023 destroyed a botnet of hundreds of US-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers hijacked by state-sponsored hackers from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Volt Typhoon attacked critical infrastructure The hackers, known in the private sector as “Volt Typhoon,” used private SOHO routers infected with the “KV Botnet” malware...

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Faulty botnet malware can be disabled 
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Akamai researchers have investigated a crypto-mining botnet using its KmsdBot malware. The researchers accidentally caused the botnet to crash in a protected environment. Since the malware was programmed incorrectly, a command missing a space was enough to crash the botnet. Earlier this month, Akamai Security Research published a blog post about KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that infects victims via SSH and weak credentials. After the malware infected an Akamai honeypot, the botnet was immediately analyzed and reported on in a post. Botnet crash due to missing space The experts…

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DDoS attacks on the decline - crypto mining on the rise
Kaspersky_news

It seems to be a question of profit: DDoS attacks slightly down in the fourth quarter of 2020 - crypto mining increases The DDoS attacks registered by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year. Compared to the third quarter, however, they fell by 31 percent. This development is related to the growing interest in crypto mining. Q4 2020: Many DDoS attacks on educational institutions As more time was spent on the Internet in the course of 2020, the number of DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) also rose. The last quarter ...

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New IPStorm variant targets IoT devices
IoT Internet of Things

New InterPlanetary Storm malware variant targets IoT devices. The infected devices open back doors for cryptomining, DDoS and other large-scale attacks. The cybercriminal organization behind the InterPlanetary Storm malware has released a new variant that, in addition to Windows and Linux computers, now also targets Mac and Android devices. The malware is building a botnet that currently includes around 13.500 infected computers in 84 different countries around the world, and that number continues to grow. After Windows and Linux now IoT devices The first variant of InterPlanetary Storm, which was aimed at Windows computers, was revealed in May 2019, and ...

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The botnet IPStorm offers itself as an anonymization service
Bitdefender_News

The botnet IPStorm, consisting of over 9000 hacked devices, is now offered as a completely open anonymization service. Bitdefender's experts provide detailed insights into the inner workings of the botnet. Since its discovery in June 2019, Bitdefender security researchers have been monitoring the development cycle of the Interplanetary Storm botnet, which consists of more than 9000 hacked devices. IPStorm basically has a complex modular infrastructure, the operators have the best development practices and are very familiar with hiding management nodes. The botnet is constantly updated and has been used as a paid anonymization service for some time now. In its…

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Community action smashes TrickBot botnet
Eset_News

Operation TrickBot: Community action paralyzes global eCrime network. ESET researchers supported the successful strike against a large TrickBot botnet. The IT security industry strikes back: ESET researchers took part in a global operation against the TrickBot botnet, which has infected over a million computers since 2016. Together with Microsoft, Black Lotus Labs Threat Research from Lumen, NTT and other companies, the offensive has put the global eCrime network TrickBot under massive pressure. Thanks to the joint action, it was possible to carry out an important blow against the backbone of the cyber crime network and paralyze its command and control server. ESET contributed with detailed technical ...

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Encyclopedia on botnets
Books digital library

In the fight against cyber crime, it makes sense for companies to be familiar with the meshes of cyber criminals, such as botnets. This includes, among other things, knowing what a botnet is - and Guardicore now wants to achieve this with a botnet encyclopedia. The information in this knowledge database should be continuously updated so that current and past botnet campaigns are optimally documented. Botnet - infected, hijacked and misused Botnet and botnet are two synonymously used terms for the same process: A botnet consists of a network of hijacked computers. The owners of these hijacked computers usually have no idea ...

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