- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 4th, 2016
New Jaku Botnet Already Has 19,000 Zombies, Ideal for Spam and DDoS Attacks
Group has ties to the Darkhotel APT attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 2nd, 2016
US Law Change Allows Police to Search PCs of VPN, Tor & Malware-Infected Users
US intelligence agencies try once again to make Big Brother a reality with another privacy-intrusive law
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12th, 2016
Gamarue Botnet Uses Hijacked WordPress Sites to Send Spam with JS Payloads
Gamarue/Andromeda botnet evolves with the times
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 7th, 2016
Authorities Shut Down Botnet of 4,000 Linux Servers Used to Send Spam
Mumblehard botnet sinkholed in coordinated effort
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 17th, 2016
Malware Botnet Can Be Abused to Launch DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks can have an amplification factor of 26.5
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 29th, 2016
Banking Botnets Evolved in 2015, Impervious to Law Enforcement Takedowns
Banking botnets are shifting to ransomware delivery
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 17th, 2016
Distributors of Dridex Banking Trojan Take a Break, Deliver Ransomware Instead
A new ransomware family named Locky spreads to 446,000 users thanks to Dridex banking trojan affiliate
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 9th, 2016
Google Improves Detection of Ad Fraud Botnets
Google's new traffic filters specifically target the Bedep, Beetal, and Changthangi ad fraud botnets
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 5th, 2016
White Hat Pwns Dridex Botnet to Push Avira Antivirus Instead of Malware
How about a free antivirus instead of some Dridex malware?
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 21st, 2016
Threat Group Uses Dating Sites to Build a Botnet of Vulnerable Home Routers
Attackers are using the TheMoon router worm
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 20th, 2016
Dridex and Dyre Banking Botnets Are Starting to Look Alike
Two of the Internet's biggest banking botnets, Dyre and Dridex, are starting to employ similar techniques
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 26th, 2015
Ten Months After Being Taken Down, Ramnit Botnet Returns
Ramnit banking trojan returns on top of a new infrastructure
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 23rd, 2015
Botnet of Aethra Routers Used for Brute-Forcing WordPress Sites
Most infected routers are located in Italy
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 8th, 2015
Infographic: DDoS Attacks in Q3 2015
The trend for slow&low DDoS attacks continues
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 4th, 2015
Microsoft and ESET Disrupt Dorkbot Botnet, Authorities Sinkhole Its C&C Servers
Dorkbot is finally gone! So what? There's always another botnet around the corner, twice as dangerous
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Operation Black Atlas Employs Shotgun Approach for Infecting PoS Devices
Operation uses a large collection of tools and techniques
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Ponmocup Botnet Infected 15 Million Users Since 2006
Botnet is still very well alive and kicking