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New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two years while targeting SOHO Routers

A new malware dubbed AVrecon targets small office/home office (SOHO) routers, it infected over 70,000 devices from 20 countries. Lumen Black Lotus Labs uncovered a long-running hacking campaign targeting SOHO routers with a strain of malware dubbed AVrecon. The malware was spotted the first time in May 2021, but has been operating under the radar for […]

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July 14, 2023
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New Condi DDoS botnet targets TP-Link Wi-Fi routers

Researchers discovered a new strain of malware called Condi that targets TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Researchers discovered a new strain of malware called Condi that was observed exploiting a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers. “FortiGuard Labs encountered recent samples of a DDoS-as-a-service botnet calling itself Condi. It attempted to spread by exploiting TP-Link […]

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June 21, 2023
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New Tsunami botnet targets Linux SSH servers

Researchers warn of an ongoing Tsunami DDoS botnet campaign targeting inadequately protected Linux SSH servers. Researchers from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign, aimed at poorly protected Linux SSH servers, to install the Tsunami DDoS botnet (aka Kaiten). The threat actors behind these attacks were also observed installing other […]

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June 20, 2023
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Diicot cybercrime gang expands its attack capabilities

Researchers found evidence that Diicot threat actors are expanding their capabilities with new payloads and the Cayosin Botnet. Cado researchers recently detected an interesting attack pattern linked to an emerging cybercrime group tracked as Diicot (formerly, “Mexals”) and described in analyses published by Akamai and Bitdefender. The experts discovered several payloads, some of which were not publicly known, […]

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June 19, 2023
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New botnet Horabot targets Latin America

A new botnet malware dubbed Horabot is targeting Spanish-speaking users in Latin America since at least November 2020. Cisco Talos researchers were observed deploying a previously unidentified botnet, dubbed Horabot, that is targeting Spanish-speaking users in the Americas. The botnet is used to deliver a banking trojan and spam tool to the infected systems, Horabot has been […]

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June 2, 2023
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