Security News

How to avoid botnet attacks and other cyberthreats: 4 tips
2019-05-29 13:13

The Emotet botnet drove 61% of malicious payloads in Q1 2019, according to a Proofpoint report. Here's how to keep your business safe.

Ukrainian National Charged in Malvertising, Botnet Scheme
2019-05-06 19:18

Indictment Alleges Years-Long Scheme Infected Millions of PCsA Ukrainian national is facing wire fraud and other charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a years-long malvertising scheme...

Electrum DDoS Botnet Builds Army of 150,000 Hosts
2019-05-01 18:07

A botnet targeting the users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet managed to ensnare more than 150,000 hosts at its peak, Malwarebytes security researchers say.  read more

Muhstik Botnet Variant Targets Just-Patched Oracle WebLogic Flaw
2019-05-01 14:11

Researchers are urging Oracle WebLogic users to update quickly - after new Muhstik botnet samples started targeting a critical flaw in the servers.

Muhstik Botnet Exploits Recent Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability
2019-05-01 13:53

A recently observed variant of the Muhstik botnet is exploiting a recently disclosed Oracle WebLogic server vulnerability for cryptomining and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. read more

Rapidly Growing Electrum Botnet Infects Over 152,000 Users; Steals $4.6 Million
2019-04-30 09:18

An ongoing attack against Electrum Bitcoin wallets has just grown bigger and stronger with attackers now targeting the whole infrastructure of the exchange with a botnet of over 152,000 infected...

AESDDoS Botnet Targets Vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence Server
2019-04-27 18:52

A recently detected variant of the AESDDoS botnet malware is targeting a recent vulnerability Atlassian’s collaborative software Confluence, Trend Micro’s security researchers have discovered.  read more

Huawei bungled router security, leaving kit open to botnets, despite alert from ISP years prior
2019-03-28 09:15

Chinese kit slinger was told of UPnP flaw in 2013, didn't do too much about it Exclusive Huawei bungled its response to warnings from an ISP's code review team about a security vulnerability...

Mirai Botnet Code Gets Exploit Refresh
2019-03-19 10:48

Users of Mirai Likely Seek Enterprise-Class Bandwidth, Says Palo Alto NetworksMirai, the powerful malware that unleashed unprecedented, distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2016, has never...

Zero-Days in Counter-Strike Client Used to Build Major Botnet
2019-03-14 19:43

A full 39 percent of Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers on Steam were found to be malicious.