Security News > 2018 > January > Necurs Botnet Fuels Massive Year-End Ransomware Attacks
2018-01-02 16:13
The Necurs botnet started 2017 with a four-month vacation, but ended the year sending tens of millions of spam emails daily as part of massive ransomware distribution campaigns. read more
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