#botnet

By Waqas Dubbed "MCCrash" by Microsoft, the DDoS botnet is currently targeting private Minecraft servers globally. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Alert: DDoS Botnet Hit Private Minecraft Servers

Microsoft on Thursday flagged a cross-platform botnet that's primarily designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Called MCCrash, the botnet is characterized by a unique spreading mechanism that allows it to propagate to Linux-based devices despite originating from malicious software downloads on Windows hosts. "The botnet spreads by

A new Go-based botnet has been spotted scanning and brute-forcing self-hosted websites using the WordPress content management system (CMS) to seize control of the targeted systems. "This new brute forcer is part of a new campaign we have named GoTrim because it was written in Go and uses ':::trim:::' to split data communicated to and from the C2 server," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers

WithSecure DeepGuard 6 allows attackers to affect confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity.

Offensive security researchers found 63 previously unreported vulnerabilities in printers, phones, and network-attached storage devices in the Zero Day Initiative's latest hackathon.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Silence Tags: TA505 Tags: Clop ransomware Tags: Truebot Tags: Grace Tags: Cobalt Strike Tags: Teleport Tags: FIN11 Researchers have identified two new Truebot botnets that are using new versions of the Truebot downloader Trojan to infiltrate and explore a target's network. (Read more...) The post Silence is golden partner for Truebot and Clop ransomware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. 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

Cybersecurity researchers have reported an increase in TrueBot infections, primarily targeting Mexico, Brazil, Pakistan, and the U.S. Cisco Talos said the attackers behind the operation have moved from using malicious emails to alternative delivery methods such as the exploitation of a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Netwrix auditor as well as the Raspberry Robin worm. "

At Black Hat Europe, a security researcher details the main evasion techniques attackers are currently using in the cloud.

Since August 2022, we have seen an increase in infections of Truebot (aka Silence.Downloader) malware. Truebot was first identified in 2017 and researchers have linked it to a threat actor called Silence Group that is responsible for several high-impact attacks on financial institutions in several countries around the world.