#botnet

The threat actor behind the Fodcha distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet has resurfaced with new capabilities, researchers reveal. This includes changes to its communication protocol and the ability to extort cryptocurrency payments in exchange for stopping the DDoS attack against a target, Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Lab said in a report published last week. Fodcha first came to

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 21 and Oct. 28. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key

A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device fraud and one count of money laundering conspiracy. Kaye was

By Waqas The campaign was discovered in April 2022, but researchers believe the campaign occurred between February 2021 and September 8, 2022. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 167,000 stolen credit card numbers Exposed via PoS Malware

By Deeba Ahmed The Austin, Texas-based American cybersecurity technology CrowdStrike has discovered a brand-new cryptojacking campaign in which attackers are targeting… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Cryptojacking Campaign Kiss-a-dog Targeting Docker and Kubernetes

For organizations struggling to protect a rapidly expanding volume of IoT devices, IoT fingerprinting could help with security and management.

By Deeba Ahmed According to Group-IB's report, OldGremlin Ransomware Gang poses as reputed firms to infiltrate networks via phishing emails. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OldGremlin Ransomware Gang Known for Targeting Russia Launches Linux Malware

The notorious Emotet botnet has been linked to a new wave of malspam campaigns that take advantage of password-protected archive files to drop CoinMiner and Quasar RAT on compromised systems. In an attack chain detected by Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers, an invoice-themed ZIP file lure was found to contain a nested self-extracting (SFX) archive, the first archive acting as a conduit to launch

A now-patched vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access has been observed being exploited to deliver both cryptocurrency miners and ransomware on affected machines. "The attacker intends to utilize a victim's resources as much as possible, not only to install RAR1Ransom for extortion, but also to spread GuardMiner to collect cryptocurrency," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  I’m very excited about this video I’ve embedded below — it’s a project I’ve been working on with my team for a while now. Building off what I’ve written about in the past regarding fake news, this video examines what essentially equates to the propaganda being spread on social media during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  This includes everything from fake videos of soldiers dancing to Ukrainian laser cats and fairly convincing deepfake videos.  The Russia cybersecurity news doesn’t end there, either. State-sponsored actors have been busy over the past month, including the Killnet group, which recently targeted several U.S. local elections offices and major airports. So far, these cyber attacks don’t seem to have had any major effects or disruptions so far, but I just think it’s worth noting that these groups are just as active as ever, which is what the U.S. government has been warning us about sin...