- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Elasticsearch Servers Targeted by Linux-Based Botnet Operators
30+ bots detected over a 3-month honeypot experiment
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 2nd, 2015
Vulnerabilities in 8 Modems Could Lead to the Creation of a Worldwide Botnet
A slew of unfixed flaws put millions of users at risk
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 12th, 2015
Researcher Leverages Increased Twitter DM Size to Control Botnet
The tool allows botnet operators to manage their infrastructure without exposing their activities on their Twitter page
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 4th, 2015
Russian Banks Under Attack from Tinba Banking Botnet
Customers of Russia's biggest banks are under attack
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 23rd, 2015
CCTV Cameras Hijacked to Form Worldwide DDoS Botnet
Most of the attacks targeted a known cloud service provider
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 29th, 2015
XOR DDoS Botnet Uses Compromised Linux Machines to Launch 150+ Gbps Attacks
XOR DDoS botnet launches 150 Gbps attacks against Chinese targets
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 25th, 2015
Kasidet DDOSing Bot Adds Credit Card Scraping Capabilities
DDOS bot gets upgraded with PoS RAM scraping feature
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 5th, 2015
Cleaning Up Botnets Is Slower than Replacing Windows XP Machines
Botnet cleanup can sometimes take years and years
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2015
Activity of BillGates Botnet Targeting Linux Systems Surges
Operators of the botnet are unknown, Chinese IP's observed
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 1st, 2015
Over 12,000 DDoS Victims Recorded in First Quarter of the Year
Longest assault lasted for about six days
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 1st, 2015
Hola VPN Used as Botnet-for-Hire Service, Comes with Bugs Galore
Remote code execution risk exists, Android users trackable
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 14th, 2015
Simda Botnet Expanded over 190 Countries, Controlled from 14 Servers
Botnet had more than 770,000 systems, 90,000 in the US
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 11th, 2015
New Shellshock Worm Seeks Vulnerable Systems at Tens of Thousands of IPs
Infected machines added to scanning network
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 10th, 2015
United States, South Africa Most Affected by Changeup Worm
Malware morphs into new variant every few hours
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 9th, 2015
Sophisticated Beebone Botnet Taken Down in International Police Operation
Polymorphism makes the threat difficult to detect
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 6th, 2015
Linux Australia Server Hacked, C&C Botnet Software Installed
Data of linux.conf.au and PyCon Australia attendees exposed
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 14th, 2015
Over 5.3 Million Upatre Infections Detected in the US Since January
Botnets are essential in propagating Upatre