#botnet

Critical security flaws in Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex are being exploited by various threat actors in hacks targeting unpatched systems. This entails the abuse of CVE-2022-46169 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2021-35394 (CVSS score: 9.8) to deliver MooBot and ShellBot (aka PerlBot), Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said in a report published this week. CVE-2022-46169 relates to a critical

Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting, a dark web service that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services. Fly Hosting first advertised on cybercrime forums in November 2022, saying it was a Germany-based hosting firm that was open for business to anyone looking for a reliable place to host malware, botnet controllers, or DDoS-for-hire infrastructure.

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 24 and March 31. 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

Very few of us looking to buy these pieces of equipment are qualified to say if these products are even secure, and those among us who are are probably smart enough to know not to buy these products in the first place.

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 17 and March 24. 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

Facebook users are notoriously the biggest offenders for sharing fake news and misinformation.

By Habiba Rashid Nexus contains a module equipped with encryption capabilities which point towards ransomware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Botnet Nexus Being Rented Out on Russian Hacker Forum

Emotet resumed spamming operations on March 7, 2023, after a months-long hiatus. Initially leveraging heavily padded Microsoft Word documents to attempt to evade sandbox analysis and endpoint protection, the botnets switched to distributing malicious OneNote documents on March 16. Since returning, Emotet has leveraged several distinct infection chains, indicating that

With HinataBot, malware authors have created a beast many times more efficient than even the scariest botnets of old, packing more than 3Tbit/s DDoS speeds.

By Deeba Ahmed HinataBot can launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks reaching 3.3 TBPS. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Threat Actors Using Go-based HinataBot to launch DDoS Attacks