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A security firm has discovered that a five-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies, which offers paying customers the ability to route their web traffic anonymously through compromised computers. Here’s a closer look at Mylobot, and a deep dive into who may be responsible for operating the BHProxies service. Continue reading Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?
A global botnet has been set up to spread malware that is now able to siphon data, according to a report from CenturyLink Threat Research Labs. CenturyLink first encountered the Mylobot botnet by looking at IPs that were interacting with its network. In the research, CenturyLink observed DNS searches emerging from a distinct group of IPs. Researchers determined that the DNS lookups for domains were likely generated by an algorithm. The domains found in the isolated IPs were made up of seven randomly-chosen letters followed by the identifiers .ru, .net and .com. The report stated that the Mylobot malware typically generates 60,372 DNS queries that stem from 1,404 domains and 43 subdomains. Researchers found that Mylobot has the ability to appear inactive for 14 days before attempting to contact its command-and-control network, according to CenturyLink’s report. Since June, Mylobot has been observed downloading Khalesi, malware used to siphon data, as a second-stage attack for […]
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A roundup of security news from June 18 – 24 that includes the SamSam ransomware, DNS rebinding, a World Cup phishing campaign, and lots and lots of Android malware.
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This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 25, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyLobot Malware, Updates on Third-Party Location Data Sharing, Fortnite Scam Websites
The Mylobot botnet has been discovered in a recent worldwide attack, upon analysis it has been found to contain an advanced malware engine. It can execute several different components depending on the targets, the hackers behind it are still unknown…… Continue reading Sophisticated Mylobot Botnet Discovered During Security Audit
A new botnet from the Dark Web displays a never-before-seen level of complexity in terms of the sheer breadth of its various tools. Continue reading Mylobot Botnet Emerges with Rare Level of Complexity