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A cryptocurrency-mining botnet has recently added a scanner for the BlueKeep RDP protocol vulnerability, Intezer’s security researchers have discovered.  read more

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware botnet, which now also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP...

Mirai activity has nearly doubled between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019.

The authors have tweaked a known piece of malware to specifically target Korean TV fans.

A newly discovered crypto-currency mining botnet can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH), Trend Micro reports.  read more

Botnets in 2018 continued to use DDoS as their primary weapon to attack high-speed networks, according to NSFOCUS. Continuous monitoring and research of botnets discovered significant changes...

A new piece of malware is targeting Windows severs with the remote desktop protocol (RDP) exposed to the Internet with the intent to ensnare them into a massive botnet, SANS ISC warns. read more

Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Botnet Scanning Internet for Vulnerable Windows MachinesA new botnet called GoldBrute is actively scanning the internet and using brute-force methods to attack 1.5 million Windows machines that...

Security researchers have discovered an ongoing sophisticated botnet campaign that is currently brute-forcing more than 1.5 million publicly accessible Windows RDP servers on the Internet. Dubbed...