#botnet

The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to conceal its malicious activities. "These crimes included vast spear-phishing and similar credential harvesting campaigns against targets of intelligence interest to the Russian government, such as U.S.

There was about a 24-hour period where many news outlets reported on a reported DDoS attack that involved a botnet made up of thousands of internet-connected toothbrushes.

The Glupteba botnet has been found to incorporate a previously undocumented Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit feature, adding another layer of sophistication and stealth to the malware. "This bootkit can intervene and control the [operating system] boot process, enabling Glupteba to hide itself and create a stealthy persistence that can be extremely difficult to

By Waqas The notorious Warzone Rat operation was active from 2018 until its takedown. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Takes Down Notorious Warzone RAT Malware Operation, Arrests 2

Plus: China’s Volt Typhoon hackers lurked in US systems for years, the Biden administration’s crackdown on spyware vendors ramps up, and a new pro-Beijing disinformation campaign gets exposed.

FBI and CISA have produced guidance about Chinese APT group Volt Typhoon and other groups that use Living off the Land (LOTL) techniques.

Threat hunters have identified a new variant of Android malware called MoqHao that automatically executes on infected devices without requiring any user interaction. "Typical MoqHao requires users to install and launch the app to get their desired purpose, but this new variant requires no execution," McAfee Labs said in a report published this week. "While the app is

By Deeba Ahmed Blank Image, Fake Link: Unraveling the Temu Phishing Scam Targeting Senior Shoppers! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Over 800 Phony “Temu” Domains Lure Shoppers into Credential Theft

By Waqas Remember, it is LastPass Password Manager, not LassPass Password Manager! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake LastPass Password Manager App Lurks on iOS App Store

The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some critical infrastructure networks in the country for at least five years. Targets of the threat actor include communications, energy, transportation, and water and wastewater systems sectors in the U.S. and Guam. "Volt Typhoon's choice of targets and pattern