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Tag Archives: Malware
Mirai author fined $8.6million, gets 6 months house arrest
An Alaskan court has handed one of the Mirai authors a huge fine.
Gov worker visits 9k porn sites without protection, spreads infection
A now very “ex”-government employee provides a teachable moment.
Snakes in the grass! Malicious code slithers into Python PyPI repository
Not for the first time, typosquatting malware made its way into an open source code repository.
Researchers exploit Microsoft Word through embedded video
A group of researchers has found a way to infect computers via Word documents without triggering a security warning.
Poorly secured SSH servers targeted by Chalubo botnet
SophosLabs has detected a new DDoS botnet targeting poorly secured SSH servers – called Chalubo, it is named in honour of its use of the ChaCha stream cipher.
Phishing is still the most commonly used attack on organizations, survey says
The survey found that the majority of cyberattacks – 75% – came from outsiders, while 25% were due to insiders.
Maker of LuminosityLink RAT gets 30 months in the clink
Prosecutors said that the 21-year-old LuminosityLink author had no respect for the law and showed contempt for moral rules and social norms.
Millions at risk from default webcam passwords
Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co.,Ltd (Xiongmai), the Chinese manufacturer that made many of the devices left vulnerable to Mirai, is back with another vulnerability that puts millions of devices across the world at risk yet again.
Hacked Fortnite accounts and rent-a-botnet being pushed on Instagram
The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.