DoubleGun Group Builds Massive Botnet Using Cloud Services
The latest campaign spread malware via pirate gaming portals. Continue reading DoubleGun Group Builds Massive Botnet Using Cloud Services
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Unique P2P Architecture Gives DDG Botnet ‘Unstoppable’ Status
DDG might be the world’s first P2P-based cryptomining botnet. Continue reading Unique P2P Architecture Gives DDG Botnet ‘Unstoppable’ Status
New Drupal RCE vulnerability under active exploitation, patch ASAP!
Yet another Drupal remote code execution vulnerability has been patched by the Drupal security team, who urge users to implement the offered updates immediately as the flaw is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability (CVE-2018-7602) affe… Continue reading New Drupal RCE vulnerability under active exploitation, patch ASAP!
Fear the Reaper, or Reaper Madness?
Last week we looked at reports from China and Israel about a new “Internet of Things” malware strain called “Reaper” that researchers said infected more than a million organizations by targeting newfound security weaknesses in countless Internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs). Now some botnet experts are calling on people to stop the “Reaper Madness,” saying the actual number of IoT devices infected with Reaper right now is much smaller.
Arbor Networks said it believes the current actual size of the Reaper botnet fluctuates between 10,000 and 20,000 bots total. Arbor notes that this can change any time. Continue reading Fear the Reaper, or Reaper Madness?
Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm?
It’s been just over a year since the world witnessed some of the world’s top online Web sites being taken down for much of the day by “Mirai,” a zombie malware strain that enslaved “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as wireless routers, security cameras and digital video recorders for use in large-scale online attacks.
Now, experts are sounding the alarm about the emergence of what appears to be a far more powerful strain of IoT attack malware — variously named “Reaper” and “IoTroop” — that spreads via security holes in IoT software and hardware. And there are indications that over a million organizations may be affected already.
Reaper isn’t attacking anyone yet. For the moment it is apparently content to gather gloom to itself from the darkest reaches of the Internet. But if history is any teacher, we are likely enjoying a period of false calm before another humbling IoT attack wave breaks. Continue reading Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm?
Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm?
It’s been just over a year since the world witnessed some of the world’s top online Web sites being taken down for much of the day by “Mirai,” a zombie malware strain that enslaved “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as wireless routers, security cameras and digital video recorders for use in large-scale online attacks.
Now, experts are sounding the alarm about the emergence of what appears to be a far more powerful strain of IoT attack malware — variously named “Reaper” and “IoTroop” — that spreads via security holes in IoT software and hardware. And there are indications that over a million organizations may be affected already.
Reaper isn’t attacking anyone yet. For the moment it is apparently content to gather gloom to itself from the darkest reaches of the Internet. But if history is any teacher, we are likely enjoying a period of false calm before another humbling IoT attack wave breaks. Continue reading Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm?