Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
GoTrim: Go-based Botnet Actively Brute Forces WordPress Websites
FortiGuard Labs encountered an unreported CMS scanner and brute forcer written in the Go programming language. Read our analysis of the malware and how this active botnet scans and compromises websites.
Zerobot – New Go-Based Botnet Campaign Targets Multiple Vulnerabilities
FortiGuardLabs examines a botnet known as Zerobot written in the Go language targeting IoT vulnerabilities. Read our blog to learn about how it evolves, including self-replication, attacks for different protocols, and self-propagation as well as its behavior once inside an infected device.
Fodcha Is Coming Back, Raising A Wave of Ransom DDoS
Background On April 13, 2022, 360Netlab first disclosed the Fodcha botnet. After our article was published, Fodcha suffered a crackdown from the relevant authorities, and its authors quickly responded by leaving "Netlab pls leave me alone I surrender" in an updated sample.No surprise, Fodcha's authors didn't really stop updating after the fraudulent surrender, and soon a new version was released. In the new version, the authors of Fodcha redesigned the communication protocol and started to us
Archive Sidestepping: Emotet Botnet Pushing Self-Unlocking Password-Protected RAR
Trustwave SpiderLabs’ spam traps have identified an increase in threats packaged in password-protected archives with about 96% of these being spammed by the Emotet Botnet. In the first half of 2022, we identified password-protected ZIP files as the third most popular archive format used by cybercriminals to conceal malware.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.
So RapperBot, What Ya Bruting For?
In June 2022, FortiGuard Labs encountered IoT malware samples with SSH-related strings, something not often seen in other IoT threat campaigns. What piqued our interest more was the size of the code referencing these strings in relation to the code used for DDoS attacks, which usually comprises most of the code in other variants.
Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet
Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. last week said they dismantled the "RSOCKS" botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as "proxies" to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious…
Fronton: A Botnet for Creation, Command, and Control of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior
May 2022 Investigative Report Release: Nisos analysts determined that Fronton is a system developed for coordinated inauthentic behavior on a massive scale. Read more. document
Rise in XorDdos: A deeper look at the stealthy DDoS malware targeting Linux devices - Microsoft Security Blog
Observing a 254% increase in activity over the last six months from a versatile Linux trojan called XorDdos, the Microsoft 365 Defender research team provides in-depth analysis into this stealthy malware's capabilities and key infection signs.
Accidentally Crashing a Botnet
As part of our research into the cryptomining botnet kmsdbot, we rendered it useless.
GoTrim: Go-based Botnet Actively Brute Forces WordPress Websites
FortiGuard Labs encountered an unreported CMS scanner and brute forcer written in the Go programming language. Read our analysis of the malware and how this active botnet scans and compromises websites.
Zerobot – New Go-Based Botnet Campaign Targets Multiple Vulnerabilities
FortiGuardLabs examines a botnet known as Zerobot written in the Go language targeting IoT vulnerabilities. Read our blog to learn about how it evolves, including self-replication, attacks for different protocols, and self-propagation as well as its behavior once inside an infected device.
Fodcha Is Coming Back, Raising A Wave of Ransom DDoS
Background On April 13, 2022, 360Netlab first disclosed the Fodcha botnet. After our article was published, Fodcha suffered a crackdown from the relevant authorities, and its authors quickly responded by leaving "Netlab pls leave me alone I surrender" in an updated sample.No surprise, Fodcha's authors didn't really stop updating after the fraudulent surrender, and soon a new version was released. In the new version, the authors of Fodcha redesigned the communication protocol and started to us
Archive Sidestepping: Emotet Botnet Pushing Self-Unlocking Password-Protected RAR
Trustwave SpiderLabs’ spam traps have identified an increase in threats packaged in password-protected archives with about 96% of these being spammed by the Emotet Botnet. In the first half of 2022, we identified password-protected ZIP files as the third most popular archive format used by cybercriminals to conceal malware.
A new botnet Orchard Generates DGA Domains with Bitcoin Transaction Information
DGA is one of the classic techniques for botnets to hide their C2s, attacker only needs to selectively register a very small number of C2 domains, while for the defenders, it is difficult to determine in advance which domain names will be generated and registered.