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The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet

Posted on By infossl
botnets, courts, COVID-19, crime, cybercrime, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized

The US Justice Department has dismantled an enormous botnet: According to an indictment unsealed on May 24, from 2014 through July 2022, Wang and others are alleged to have created and disseminated malware to compromise and amass a network of millions of residential Windows computers worldwide. These devices were associated with more than 19 million … Read More “The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet” »

The UK Bans Default Passwords

Posted on By infossl
botnets, Internet of Things, passwords, Security technology, uk, Uncategorized

The UK is the first country to ban default passwords on IoT devices. On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to ban default guessable usernames and passwords from these IoT devices. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted. The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (PSTI) introduces new … Read More “The UK Bans Default Passwords” »

No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack

Posted on By infossl
botnets, denial of service, fake news, Internet of Things, Security technology, Uncategorized

The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong, and then everyone else ran with it without reading the German text. It was a hypothetical, which Fortinet … Read More “No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack” »

FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market

Posted on By infossl
botnets, credentials, cybercrime, fbi, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

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 … Read More “FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market” »

A Security Vulnerability in the KmsdBot Botnet

Posted on By infossl
botnets, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

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 … Read More “A Security Vulnerability in the KmsdBot Botnet” »

New Sophisticated Malware

Posted on By infossl
backdoors, botnets, malware, Security technology, threat models, Uncategorized

Mandiant is reporting on a new botnet. The group, which security firm Mandiant is calling UNC3524, has spent the past 18 months burrowing into victims’ networks with unusual stealth. In cases where the group is ejected, it wastes no time reinfecting the victim environment and picking up where things left off. There are many keys … Read More “New Sophisticated Malware” »

US Disrupts Russian Botnet

Posted on By infossl
botnets, fbi, malware, national security policy, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized

The Justice Department announced the disruption of a Russian GRU-controlled botnet: The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation, conducted in March 2022, to disrupt a two-tiered global botnet of thousands of infected network hardware devices under the control of a threat actor known to security researchers as Sandworm, which the U.S. government has previously … Read More “US Disrupts Russian Botnet” »

Google Shuts Down Glupteba Botnet, Sues Operators

Posted on By infossl
bitcoin, blockchain, botnets, cybersecurity, google, Security technology, Uncategorized

Google took steps to shut down the Glupteba botnet, at least for now. (The botnet uses the bitcoin blockchain as a backup command-and-control mechanism, making it hard to get rid of it permanently.) So Google is also suing the botnet’s operators. It’s an interesting strategy. Let’s see if it’s successful. Powered by WPeMatico