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Seized database helps Europol snare botnet customers in ‘Operation Endgame’ follow-up sting
News Europol has detained several people believed to be involved in a botnet operation as part of a follow-up to a major takedown last year.
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Horabot campaign targeted businesses for more than two years before finally being discovered
News The newly-discovered Horabot botnet has attacked companies in the accounting, investment, and construction sectors in particular
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Brand-new Emotet campaign socially engineers its way from detection
News This latest resurgence follows a three-month hiatus and tricks users into re-enabling dangerous VBA macros
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Microsoft says “it’s just too difficult” to effectively disrupt ransomware
News The company details its new approach to combatting cyber crime as the underground industry drains $6 trillion from the global economy
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Beating the bad bots: Six ways to identify and block spam traffic
In-depth Not all traffic is good. Learn how to prevent bad bots from overrunning your website
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Ukraine's vigilante IT army now has a DDoS bot to automate attacks against Russia
News The 270,000-strong IT Army of Ukraine will now combine supporters' cloud infrastructure to strengthen the daily attacks against their invaders
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Microsoft's secure VBA macro rules already being bypassed by hackers
News Recent analysis of Emotet activity has revealed a shift away from malicious Office documents to drop malware
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Linux botnet spreads using Log4Shell flaw
News The malware uses DNS tunnelling to communicate with its C2 control server
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Emotet infrastructure has almost doubled since resurgence was confirmed
News Researchers confirm the infrastructure has also been upgraded for a "better secured", more resilient operation
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DOJ extradites Ukrainian man who used a botnet to decrypt login credentials
News The 28-year-old allegedly sold passwords to other criminals on the dark web
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What is a botnet?
In-depth An in-depth look at the evolution of this highly effective method of cyber crime
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Botnet targets vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
News Cryptocurrency-mining botnet Prometei targeting same flaws as Hafnium attacks
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