Collaborate Disseminate
Botnets have been around for over two decades, and with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) they have spread further to devices no one imagined they would – printers, webcams, and even toasters and fridges. Some botnets enlist infected devic… Continue reading The Challenges of DIY Botnet Detection – and How to Overcome Them
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to targeting more than a thousand members of streaming video platform Twitch with an army of spambots. On 1 May, Brandan Lukas Apple confessed to a charge of “mischief in relation to computer data” befor… Continue reading Man Pleads Guilty to Sicking Army of Spambots on Twitch
The Onliner spambot, Google’s forthcoming Not Secure warnings for Chrome, the WireX botnet, Sarahah privacy and more are discussed. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, September 1, 2017
A massive database of 630 million email addresses used by a spambot to send large amounts of spam to has been published online in what appears to be one of the biggest data dumps of its kind.
A French security researcher, who uses online handle Benkow… Continue reading Over 711 Million Email Addresses Exposed From SpamBot Server
January was a busy month for the developers of Dyre/Dyreza. The group reintroduced their Upatre link spam with some additional subterfuge. This article will explore two types of spambots that Dyre utilizes; the following diagram presents a simplified visual on how each type executes. Dyre bot operators have started to JJencode their HTML to obscure detection and have rigged […]
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Continue reading Dyre Spambots Use JJencode to Broaden Distribution
January was a busy month for the developers of Dyre/Dyreza. The group reintroduced their Upatre link spam with some additional subterfuge. This article will explore two types of spambots that Dyre utilizes; the following diagram presents a simplified visual on how each type executes. Dyre bot operators have started to JJencode their HTML to obscure detection and have rigged […]
The post Dyre Spambots Use JJencode to Broaden Distribution appeared first on ThreatTrack Security Labs Blog.
Continue reading Dyre Spambots Use JJencode to Broaden Distribution