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International Law Enforcement Operation Cracks Down on Some of the Biggest Dropper Malware and Botnets

June 3, 2024

A Europol-headed law enforcement operation has put a serious dent in the dropper malware ecosystem, disrupting the botnets that these dropper systems rely on to function, with over 100 servers and 2,000 domains impacted across about a dozen countries.

Man covering mouth in fear showing malware botnet Qakbot return

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Qakbot Malware Botnet Operators Continue Spam Campaigns Despite Infrastructure Seizure by International Law Enforcement

October 10, 2023

The long-running Qakbot malware botnet was disrupted by international law enforcement action in August, but its operators appear to still have some capability and are continuing to run spam email campaigns that attempt to pass ransomware.

Virus background against digital Russian flag showing Russian GRU botnet malware

Cyber Security News

The FBI Disrupted Russian GRU Botnet Malware Through a Court Order Before It Could Be Weaponized

April 15, 2022

The operation disrupted Russian GRU control over infected devices by removing Cyclops Blink botnet malware from the infected WatchGuard Firebox devices used as command-and-control (C2) servers.

Man typing keyboard with virus warning on screen showing cryptojacking botnet

Cyber Security News

Google Disrupts Glupteba Cryptojacking Botnet With Removal of Hosted Ads, Documents and Accounts, & Notifications to Web Hosts

December 15, 2021

Pernicious botnet used for cryptojacking has taken a major blow thanks to Google. Glupteba has been operating for some months and was thought to be compromising thousands of people per day at its peak.

Cyber Security News

Chinese Researchers Discover EwDoor Botnet Affecting up to 100,000 AT&T VoIP Servers

December 13, 2021

Botnet discovered by Chinese researchers introduced a backdoor and a web shell on compromised AT&T VoIP servers, mostly in the US, for DDoS attacks and data exfiltration.

Yandex application icons on a mobile phone screen showing DDoS attack by Meris botnet

Cyber Security News

Russian Internet Giant Yandex Wards off the Largest Botnet DDoS Attack in History

September 16, 2021

Yandex warded off the largest DDoS attack in history recorded at 22 million requests per second and attributed to a new botnet Meris that exploits MikroTik devices.

Open padlock on the computer keyboard showing Microsoft and Cyber Command takedown of TrickBot botnet

Cyber Security News

US Cyber Command Teams With Microsoft To Limit TrickBot Botnet Ahead of Expected Election Interference

October 21, 2020

The US Cyber Command is expecting the TrickBot botnet to be involved in election interference attempts, and is actively running persistent operations against it along with Microsoft.

Padlock icon on circuit chip showing how botnet Dark Nexus is threatening IoT security

Cyber Security Insights

Security Has Become an Arms Race

June 26, 2020

Rapidly evolving botnet Dark Nexus is threatening IoT security as the dependency on connected devices grows with remote working during COVID-19 pandemic.

Man typing on keyboard next to a robot showing Russia’s FSB building a massive IoT botnet capable of running nation-state DDoS attacks

Cyber Security News

Nation-State DDoS Attacks May Be the “New Normal”; Leaked Documents Reveal Russia’s FSB Is Seeking to Build a Massive IoT Botnet

April 3, 2020

Stolen documents from Russia’s FSB indicate that the country is building an IoT botnet capable of gigantic DDoS attacks by rounding up millions of poorly-secured devices.

Cyber Security Insights

The Hidden Dangers of Malicious Bots

March 13, 2020

Learn about the top five attacks that use malicious bots and find out how organizations can keep the harmful automated traffic out of their companies sites and away from their customers.

Botnet

International Law Enforcement Operation Cracks Down on Some of the Biggest Dropper Malware and Botnets

Qakbot Malware Botnet Operators Continue Spam Campaigns Despite Infrastructure Seizure by International Law Enforcement

The FBI Disrupted Russian GRU Botnet Malware Through a Court Order Before It Could Be Weaponized

Google Disrupts Glupteba Cryptojacking Botnet With Removal of Hosted Ads, Documents and Accounts, & Notifications to Web Hosts

Chinese Researchers Discover EwDoor Botnet Affecting up to 100,000 AT&T VoIP Servers

Russian Internet Giant Yandex Wards off the Largest Botnet DDoS Attack in History

US Cyber Command Teams With Microsoft To Limit TrickBot Botnet Ahead of Expected Election Interference

Security Has Become an Arms Race

Nation-State DDoS Attacks May Be the “New Normal”; Leaked Documents Reveal Russia’s FSB Is Seeking to Build a Massive IoT Botnet

The Hidden Dangers of Malicious Bots

Russian Phishing Campaign Targets Messaging App Users to Steal Recovery Keys and Take Over Accounts

“Cyber Shield,” Britain’s Agentic AI Cyber Defense Project, Prepares for the World of Machine-Speed Attacks

Data Breach Hits AssuranceAmerica Exposing Personal Information of Nearly 7 Million People

Data Breach at Aflac Japan Impacts 4.38 Million Customers and Sales Agents