#botnet

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI recently collaborated in a multinational operation to dismantle the notorious Qakbot malware and botnet. While the operation was successful in disrupting this long-running threat, concerns have arisen as it appears that Qakbot may still pose a danger in a reduced form. This article discusses the aftermath of the takedown, provides mitigation

By Waqas Thus far, the FjordPhantom malware has defrauded victims of around $280,000 (£225,000). This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Banking Malware FjordPhantom Steals Funds Via Virtualization

By Deeba Ahmed The conclusion was reached after researchers evaluated over 9,500 of the largest transactional websites in terms of traffic,… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 68% of US Websites Exposed to Bot Attacks

A CACTUS ransomware campaign has been observed exploiting recently disclosed security flaws in a cloud analytics and business intelligence platform called Qlik Sense to obtain a foothold into targeted environments. "This campaign marks the first documented instance [...] where threat actors deploying CACTUS ransomware have exploited vulnerabilities in Qlik Sense for initial access," Arctic Wolf

Melissa Hathaway, a former White House cybersecurity adviser, says Biden is pushing through more regulatory reforms than previous administrations.

By Deeba Ahmed The ActiveMQ flaw has been patched, but despite this, numerous threat actors continue to exploit it. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercriminals Exploit ActiveMQ Flaw to Spread GoTitan Botnet, PrCtrl Rat

By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-49103 and declared critical with a CVSS v3 Base Score 10. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OwnCloud “graphapi” App Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data

The recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache ActiveMQ is being actively exploited by threat actors to distribute a new Go-based botnet called GoTitan as well as a .NET program known as PrCtrl Rat that's capable of remotely commandeering the infected hosts. The attacks involve the exploitation of a remote code execution bug (CVE-2023-46604, CVSS score: 10.0) that has been

One of the cybercrime underground's more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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