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DanaBot botnet disrupted, QakBot leader indicted
2025-05-23 11:14

Operation Endgame, mounted by law enforcement and judicial authorities from the US, Canada and the EU, continues to deliver positive results by disrupting the DanaBot botnet and indicting the...

U.S. Dismantles DanaBot Malware Network, Charges 16 in $50M Global Cybercrime Operation
2025-05-23 07:03

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of the online infrastructure associated with DanaBot (aka DanaTools) and unsealed charges against 16 individuals for their...

Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
2025-05-23 01:31

And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against 16 people accused of spreading and using the DanaBot remote-control...

Russian Hackers Using Fake Brand Sites to Spread DanaBot and StealC Malware
2024-08-16 13:08

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated information stealer campaign that impersonates legitimate brands to distribute malware like DanaBot and StealC. The activity cluster,...

DanaBot Malware Roars Back into Relevancy
2021-01-26 21:24

The latest variant, still under analysis by researchers, is raising concerns given the number of past DanaBot effective campaigns. From May 2018 to June 2020, DanaBot has been a fixture in the crimeware threat landscape, according to Proofpoint, which first discovered the malware in 2018 and posted a debrief on the latest variant Tuesday.

DanaBot Adds Ransomware to its Arsenal
2019-06-20 17:05

Malware adds ransomware to its malicious bag of tricks.

DanaBot Trojan Targets Bank Customers In Phishing Scam
2018-07-16 16:13

A new phishing scam purports to be MYOB invoices - but really contains a novel banking trojan.