botnets
Brand-new Emotet campaign socially engineers its way from detection

Brand-new Emotet campaign socially engineers its way from detection
This latest resurgence follows a three-month hiatus and tricks users into re-enabling dangerous VBA macros
14 Mar 2023
Microsoft says “it’s just too difficult” to effectively disrupt ransomware

Microsoft says “it’s just too difficult” to effectively disrupt ransomware
The company details its new approach to combatting cyber crime as the underground industry drains $6 trillion from the global economy
4 Nov 2022
Ukraine's vigilante IT army now has a DDoS bot to automate attacks against Russia

Ukraine's vigilante IT army now has a DDoS bot to automate attacks against Russia
The 270,000-strong IT Army of Ukraine will now combine supporters' cloud infrastructure to strengthen the daily attacks against their invaders
19 May 2022
Microsoft's secure VBA macro rules already being bypassed by hackers

Microsoft's secure VBA macro rules already being bypassed by hackers
Recent analysis of Emotet activity has revealed a shift away from malicious Office documents to drop malware
26 Apr 2022
Linux botnet spreads using Log4Shell flaw 

Linux botnet spreads using Log4Shell flaw
The malware uses DNS tunnelling to communicate with its C2 control server
16 Mar 2022
Emotet infrastructure has almost doubled since resurgence was confirmed

Emotet infrastructure has almost doubled since resurgence was confirmed
Researchers confirm the infrastructure has also been upgraded for a "better secured", more resilient operation
17 Nov 2021
DOJ extradites Ukrainian man who used a botnet to decrypt login credentials

DOJ extradites Ukrainian man who used a botnet to decrypt login credentials
The 28-year-old allegedly sold passwords to other criminals on the dark web
9 Sep 2021
What is a botnet?

What is a botnet?
An in-depth look at the evolution of this highly effective method of cyber crime
14 Jul 2021
Botnet targets vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers

Botnet targets vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
Cryptocurrency-mining botnet Prometei targeting same flaws as Hafnium attacks
23 Apr 2021
Purple Fox malware can now spread between Windows devices

Purple Fox malware can now spread between Windows devices
The rootkit has added self-propagating capabilities to its arsenal with roughly 100,000 machines already infected
24 Mar 2021
Beating the bad bots: Six ways to identify and block spam traffic

Beating the bad bots: Six ways to identify and block spam traffic
Not all traffic is good. Learn how to prevent bad bots from overrunning your website
19 Feb 2021
Europol takes down 'dangerous' Emotet botnet

Europol takes down 'dangerous' Emotet botnet
Experts urge businesses to stay vigilant as it's unlikely Emotet is down for good
28 Jan 2021
CMS platforms succumb to KashmirBlack botnet as businesses rush online

CMS platforms succumb to KashmirBlack botnet as businesses rush online
Businesses warned to prioritise security as coronavirus forces many to ply their trade digitally
22 Oct 2020
IoT botnet exploiting two zero-day flaws in Tenda routers

IoT botnet exploiting two zero-day flaws in Tenda routers
The Ttint botnet is based heavily on the Mirai malware and includes 12 protocols for remote access
5 Oct 2020
IoT botnets are on the rise and 5G isn’t helping anything

IoT botnets are on the rise and 5G isn’t helping anything
Botnets are more common and coming in more diverse strains than ever before
29 Oct 2019
Botnet spreads 30,000 sextortion emails in an hour 

Botnet spreads 30,000 sextortion emails in an hour
Recipients ordered to pay $800 in Bitcoin under threat of compromising photos leaking online
17 Oct 2019
Equifax named the most Googled data breach of all time

Equifax named the most Googled data breach of all time
2014's Heartbleed takes the top spot for cyber threat searches
11 Sep 2019
GoldBrute brute force botnet targeting Windows RDP systems

GoldBrute brute force botnet targeting Windows RDP systems
More than 1.5 million unique IP addresses have been compromised with the figure only expected to rise
7 Jun 2019
Mirai variant is back on the hunt for businesses 

Mirai variant is back on the hunt for businesses
Security researchers have found a new variant of the malicious botnet that grounded some of the world's biggest tech companies
19 Mar 2019
Briton sentenced for huge cyber attack on Liberian telco

Briton sentenced for huge cyber attack on Liberian telco
Operating out of Cyprus, this hacker-for-hire knocked the entire country's internet offline - thought to be world first
14 Jan 2019
Mirai now exploiting Hadoop flaw to target Linux servers

Mirai now exploiting Hadoop flaw to target Linux servers
Malware used to take half the internet offline is being used to build powerful botnets with just a handful of compromised servers
23 Nov 2018
Growing 'anti-vaxx' online debate pinned on Russian botnets

Growing 'anti-vaxx' online debate pinned on Russian botnets
Sophisticated bots and trolls are ‘playing both sides’ of the debate to spread public health myths
24 Aug 2018
Duo unravels three-tiered ‘crypto-giveaway’ botnet

Duo unravels three-tiered ‘crypto-giveaway’ botnet
Researchers used a machine learning model to weed through 88 million Twitter accounts for bots and spammers
7 Aug 2018