Tag: botnet
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The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…
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Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…
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The Register: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/03/6_it_contractors_arrested_for/ Source: The Register Title: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions Feedly Summary: Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more in brief The US Department of Justice has charged six people with two separate schemes to defraud Uncle Sam…
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The Register: Feds investigate China’s Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/feds_investigate_chinas_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: Feds investigate China’s Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks Feedly Summary: ‘They’re taunting us,’ investigator says and it looks like it’s working The feds are investigating Chinese government-linked cyberspies breaking into the infrastructure of US telecom companies, as reports suggest Salt Typhoon – the same crew believed to…
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The Register: Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/telcos_consume_less_than_half/ Source: The Register Title: Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS Feedly Summary: Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use Telecom companies have consumed only 48 percent of the cloud they have committed to, yet seek to secure more, according to a report released…
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Slashdot: 11 Million Devices Infected With Botnet Malware Hosted In Google Play
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/213203/11-million-devices-infected-with-botnet-malware-hosted-in-google-play?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 11 Million Devices Infected With Botnet Malware Hosted In Google Play Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the resurgence of malicious behavior in legitimate Android apps, specifically highlighting the discovery of new infections linked to a previously identified malware family. This emphasizes the ongoing…
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Schneier on Security: FBI Shuts Down Chinese Botnet
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/09/fbi-shuts-down-chinese-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: FBI Shuts Down Chinese Botnet Feedly Summary: The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives. Those devices were used…