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Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet

Catalin Cimpanu September 9, 2021

Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet
Ukrainian indicted for running brute-force botnet, selling hacked PC accounts
Brief Ukrainian indicted for running brute-force botnet, selling hacked PC accounts

Catalin Cimpanu September 8, 2021

TrickBot gang member arrested after getting stuck in South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic

Catalin Cimpanu September 5, 2021

TrickBot gang member arrested after getting stuck in South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mozi botnet authors arrested in China

Catalin Cimpanu September 1, 2021

Mozi botnet authors arrested in China
Phorpiex botnet shuts down, source code goes up for sale

Catalin Cimpanu August 27, 2021

Phorpiex botnet shuts down, source code goes up for sale
Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet

Catalin Cimpanu August 23, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet
Mozi botnet gains the ability to tamper with its victims’ traffic

Catalin Cimpanu August 20, 2021

Mozi botnet gains the ability to tamper with its victims’ traffic
Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking 17.2M rps DDoS attack
Brief Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking 17.2M rps DDoS attack

Catalin Cimpanu August 19, 2021

New HolesWarm botnet targets Windows and Linux servers
Brief New HolesWarm botnet targets Windows and Linux servers

Catalin Cimpanu August 16, 2021

Crypto-mining botnet modifies CPU configurations to increase its mining power
Brief Crypto-mining botnet modifies CPU configurations to increase its mining power

Catalin Cimpanu August 12, 2021

Routers and modems running Arcadyan firmware are under attack

Catalin Cimpanu August 8, 2021

Routers and modems running Arcadyan firmware are under attack
Meet Prometheus, the secret TDS behind some of today’s malware campaigns

Catalin Cimpanu August 5, 2021

Meet Prometheus, the secret TDS behind some of today’s malware campaigns
LemonDuck botnet evolves to allow hands-on-keyboard intrusions

Catalin Cimpanu August 3, 2021

LemonDuck botnet evolves to allow hands-on-keyboard intrusions
Botnet operator who proxied traffic for other cybercrime groups pleads guilty

Catalin Cimpanu July 23, 2021

Botnet operator who proxied traffic for other cybercrime groups pleads guilty
Chinese hacking group APT31 uses mesh of home routers to disguise attacks

Catalin Cimpanu July 21, 2021

Chinese hacking group APT31 uses mesh of home routers to disguise attacks
Kelihos botnet creator sentenced to time served

Catalin Cimpanu July 20, 2021

Kelihos botnet creator sentenced to time served
US seeks 12 to 14.5 years prison sentence for Kelihos botmaster
Brief US seeks 12 to 14.5 years prison sentence for Kelihos botmaster

Catalin Cimpanu July 14, 2021

TrickBot: New attacks see the botnet deploy new banking module, new ransomware
Brief TrickBot: New attacks see the botnet deploy new banking module, new ransomware

Catalin Cimpanu July 2, 2021

Two years later, the NSABuffMiner botnet is still alive and kicking
Brief Two years later, the NSABuffMiner botnet is still alive and kicking

Catalin Cimpanu June 30, 2021

Malware author made $2 million after infecting 222,000 Windows systems

Catalin Cimpanu June 24, 2021

Malware author made $2 million after infecting 222,000 Windows systems
DirtyMoe malware has infected more than 100,000 Windows systems

Catalin Cimpanu June 22, 2021

DirtyMoe malware has infected more than 100,000 Windows systems
First malware discovered targeting Windows Server containers

Catalin Cimpanu June 7, 2021

First malware discovered targeting Windows Server containers
TeamTNT botnet makes 50,000 victims over the last three months

Catalin Cimpanu June 1, 2021

TeamTNT botnet makes 50,000 victims over the last three months
Malware campaign targets server hosting software CWP

Catalin Cimpanu May 28, 2021

Malware campaign targets server hosting software CWP
Sysrv: A new crypto-mining botnet is silently growing in the shadows

Catalin Cimpanu April 23, 2021

Sysrv: A new crypto-mining botnet is silently growing in the shadows