Understanding Malware-as-a-Service
What Malware-as-a-Service includes, on what terms cybercriminals offer it, and what malware they most often distribute under this model Continue reading Understanding Malware-as-a-Service
Category Archives: Botnets
Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds
Researchers at Akamai’s Security Intelligence unit find a botnet specimen that reveals how successful DDoS, spam and other cyberattacks can be done with little finesse, knowledge or savvy.
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Uncommon infection methods—part 2
Kaspersky researchers discuss infection methods used by Mirai-based RapperBot, Rhadamantys stealer, and CUEMiner: smart brute forcing, malvertising, and distribution through BitTorrent and OneDrive. Continue reading Uncommon infection methods—part 2
FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market
Genesis Market is shut down:
Active since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” Customers could search for infected systems with a variety of options, including by Internet address or by specific domain names associated with stolen credentials.
But earlier today, multiple domains associated with Genesis had their homepages replaced with a seizure notice from the FBI, which said the domains were seized pursuant to a warrant issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin…
A Security Vulnerability in the KmsdBot Botnet
Security researchers found a software bug in the KmsdBot cryptomining botnet:
With no error-checking built in, sending KmsdBot a malformed command—like its controllers did one day while Akamai was watching—created a panic crash with an “index out of range” error. Because there’s no persistence, the bot stays down, and malicious agents would need to reinfect a machine and rebuild the bot’s functions. It is, as Akamai notes, “a nice story” and “a strong example of the fickle nature of technology.”
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DDoS attacks in Q3 2022
In Q3 2022, the situation on the DDoS market stabilized, and sophisticated attacks on HTTP(S) began to hold sway over simple TCP attacks. Continue reading DDoS attacks in Q3 2022
DDoS attacks in Q2 2022
Politically-motivated cyberattacks dominated the DDoS landscape in the second quarter of 2022 just as they did in Q1. Also, we saw the continuation of a trend that began in spring: an increase in superlong attacks. Continue reading DDoS attacks in Q2 2022
DOJ, international law enforcement disrupt massive RSOCKS botnet
The search warrant targeted a Florida hosting company alleged to have facilitated the botnet activity.
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Europol says it disabled FluBot botnet infecting ‘huge’ number of devices
Botnets have proven hard to permanently eradicate in the past, suggesting Europol’s success disabling the FluBot malware could be fleeting.
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The Verizon 2022 DBIR
The Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report is out, where Kaspersky collaborated as a contributor. The report provides interesting analysis of a full amount of global incident data. Continue reading The Verizon 2022 DBIR