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Mirai Variant MooBot Botnet Exploiting D-Link Router Vulnerabilities
A variant of the Mirai botnet known as MooBot is co-opting vulnerable D-Link devices into an army of denial-of-service bots…
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Google Cloud Blocks Record DDoS attack of 46 Million Requests Per Second
Google’s cloud division on Thursday disclosed it mitigated a series of HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks which peaked at 46…
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New Orchard Botnet Uses Bitcoin Founder’s Account Info to Generate Malicious Domains
A new botnet named Orchard has been observed using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account transaction information to generate domain names…
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A Growing Number of Malware Attacks Leveraging Dark Utilities ‘C2-as-a-Service’
A nascent service called Dark Utilities has already attracted 3,000 users for its ability to provide command-and-control (C2) services with…
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Critical RCE Bug Could Let Hackers Remotely Take Over DrayTek Vigor Routers
As many as 29 different router models from DrayTek have been identified as affected by a new critical, unauthenticated, remote…
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SmokeLoader Infecting Targeted Systems with Amadey Info-Stealing Malware
An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking…
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Experts Uncover New ‘CosmicStrand’ UEFI Firmware Rootkit Used by Chinese Hackers
An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a new kind of sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit called CosmicStrand. “The…
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This Cloud Botnet Has Hijacked 30,000 Systems to Mine Cryptocurrencies
The 8220 cryptomining group has expanded in size to encompass as many as 30,000 infected hosts, up from 2,000 hosts…
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Mantis Botnet Behind the Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack Targeting Cloudflare Customers
The botnet behind the largest HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in June 2022 has been linked to a spate of…
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