Bitcoins, Blockchains, and Botnets

A recent piece of malware from a known crypto mining botnet campaign has started leveraging Bitcoin blockchain transactions in order to hide its backup C2 IP address. It’s a simple, yet effective, way to defeat takedown attempts.

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Out of My Depth (Where I Belong)

I remember well my first day as a member of Akamai’s InfoSec department.

The Friday prior, I’d just completed the Akamai Technical Academy, a five-month crash-course in all things tech, and was now, on a cold but sunny Monday morning, joining InfoSec …

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