Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Fight Cybercrime to Stay Out of Jail

Three young hackers who were sentenced late last year for creating and spreading the notorious Mirai botnet are now helping the FBI to investigate other “complex” cybercrime cases in return to avoid their lengthy prison terms.

Paras Jha, 21 from New J… Continue reading Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Fight Cybercrime to Stay Out of Jail

Feds Shut Down ‘Longest-Running’ Andromeda Botnet

In a coordinated International cyber operation, Europol with the help of international law enforcement agencies has taken down what it called “one of the longest-running malware families in existence” known as Andromeda.

Andromeda, also known as Win32… Continue reading Feds Shut Down ‘Longest-Running’ Andromeda Botnet

An Army of Thousands of Hacked Servers Found Mining Cryptocurrencies

A new botnet consisting of more than 15,000 compromised servers has been used to mine various cryptocurrencies, earning its master around $25,000 per month.

Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment, as it requires an enormous amount of compu… Continue reading An Army of Thousands of Hacked Servers Found Mining Cryptocurrencies

To Protect Your Devices, A Hacker Wants to Hack You Before Someone Else Does

It should be noted that hacking a system for unauthorised access that does not belong to you is an illegal practice, no matter what’s the actual intention behind it.

Now I am pointing out this because reportedly someone, who has been labeled as a ‘vig… Continue reading To Protect Your Devices, A Hacker Wants to Hack You Before Someone Else Does