Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. “At least 80% of NSOCKS bots Read more…
Matrix Botnet Exploits IoT Devices in Widespread DDoS Botnet Campaign A threat actor named Matrix has been linked to a widespread distributed denial-of-service (DoD) campaign that leverages vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to co-opt them into a disruptive botnet. “This operation serves as a comprehensive one-stop Read more…
AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. “This botnet utilizes remote code Read more…
Microsoft Warns of Chinese Botnet Exploiting Router Flaws for Credential Theft Nov 01, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Network Security Microsoft has revealed that a Chinese threat actor it tracks as Storm-0940 is leveraging a botnet called Quad7 to orchestrate highly evasive password spray attacks. The tech giant has given the Read more…
New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which identified the activity last Read more…
Where Is Anton Nikolaevich Korotchenko (Антон Николаевич Коротченко) Also Known as Koobface Botnet Master KrotReal? – Part Four An image is worth a thousand words. Related on the Koobface botnet here. Sample photos: Related posts: Where Is Anton Nikolaevich Korotchenko (Антон Николаевич Коротченко) Also Known as Koobface Botnet Master KrotReal? Read more…
Dancho Danchev’s Blog – Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge: The 911 S5 Proxy Botnet The 911 S5 Proxies-as-a-Service was a prolific proxy service that was utilizing botnets to offer a very good degree of anonymity for the actions of its users online which often includes web sites scraping proxy Read more…
New Cryptojacking Attack Targets Docker API to Create Malicious Swarm Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to “use Docker Swarm’s Read more…
Muhstik Botnet Exploiting Apache RocketMQ Flaw to Expand DDoS Attacks The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Muhstik has been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw impacting Apache RocketMQ to co-opt susceptible servers and expand its scale. “Muhstik is a well-known threat targeting IoT devices and Linux-based servers, notorious for Read more…
U.S. Dismantles World's Largest 911 S5 Botnet, with 19 Million Infected Devices The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said it dismantled what it described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever,” which consisted of an army of 19 million infected devices that was leased to other threat actors Read more…