- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 21st, 2017
New Spam Campaign via Necurs Botnet Tries to Manipulate the Stock Market
Necurs is back online and used to push "stock tips" about app developer, hikes up trading volumes already
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 24th, 2017
Necurs Botnet Gets Proxy Module with DDOS Capabilities
Given the size of the Necurs botnet, if used for DDOS attacks, the damage could be massive, researchers say
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 21st, 2016
Email Spam Returns to 2010's Record Numbers
Necurs botnet behind most of the new spam floods
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 16th, 2016
Dridex Banking Trojan Now Targets Smaller Countries as Well
Baltic countries, Liechtenstein are now on the trojan's list
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 28th, 2016
Locky Ransomware Was Top Malware Threat for Q2 2016
Q2 quieter than Q1 thanks to Angler and Nuclear shutdowns
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 10th, 2016
There Is a Connection Between the Lurk Arrests, Angler, and the Necurs Botnet
Email address found used for registering C&C domain names for Lurk, Angler, and Necurs infrastructure
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2016
Necurs Botnet Comes Back to Life After Three-Week Hiatus
World's largest spam offender comes back to life
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 10th, 2016
Necurs Botnet Goes Down, Shutting Off Dridex and Locky Spam
All Necurs activity stopped on June 1, down ever since
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 28th, 2014
Gameover Borrows Kernel-Mode Rootkit from Necurs Malware
Security researchers from Sophos have analyzed the new version
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 7th, 2012
Necurs Malware Infects over 83,000 Machines in November 2012, Microsoft Says
Experst have thoroughly analyzed this dangerous threat