Bitdefender experts gave a detailed description of the work of the P2P botnet Interplanetary Storm (también conocido como IPStorm), que utiliza dispositivos infectados como proxy. Según los investigadores, la botnet incluye más de 9,000 Hospedadores (según otras fuentes, the number of infected devices exceeds 13,500), la gran mayoría de los cuales ejecutan Android, y sobre… Seguir leyendo La botnet P2P Interplanetary Storm cuenta con más de 9000 dispositivos
Etiqueta: Botnet
IPStorm botnet now attacks Android, Dispositivos macOS y Linux
Por primera vez, Anomali specialists noticed the IPStorm in June 2019, and then it attacked only Windows machines. Now it began to attack devices on Android, macOS and Linux. Previamente, the botnet included about 3,000 infected systems, but even then the researchers discovered several strange and interesting features that were unique to IPStorm. Para… Seguir leyendo IPStorm botnet now attacks Android, Dispositivos macOS y Linux
Twitter y Graphika neutralizaron la botnet de propaganda Drácula
Experts from the Graphika research group talked about how they managed to find and neutralize the Dracula botnet on Twitter. It consisted of about 3,000 bots that spread pro-Chinese political spam and repeated official messages spread through government accounts. The botnet was discovered thanks to a rather exotic quirk of its creators: the vast majority… Seguir leyendo Twitter y Graphika neutralizaron la botnet de propaganda Drácula
Prometei botnet uses SMB for distribution
Cisco Talos has discovered a new botnet, Prometei, which was active since March 2020 and focused on mining the Monero (XMR) criptomoneda. The researchers note that the Prometei botnet intensively uses the SMB protocol for distribution. The malware mainly attacks users from the USA, Brasil, Pakistán, Porcelana, Mexico and Chile. During four months of activity,… Seguir leyendo Prometei botnet uses SMB for distribution
Microsoft recomienda a los administradores de Exchange deshabilitar SMBv1
Microsoft strongly recommends administrators disable the SMBv1 protocol on Exchange servers to protect against threats that exploit its vulnerabilities. Permítanme recordarles que Microsoft ha estado implementando una negativa sistemática a utilizar el obsoleto SMBv1 durante mucho tiempo.. Así que, desde 2016, the company has advised administrators to withdraw from SMBv1 support since this… Seguir leyendo Microsoft recomienda a los administradores de Exchange deshabilitar SMBv1
What is a Botnet: Signs Your Computer Is Part Of A Botnet
Botnets are a new reality that seems to have somehow imperceptibly swooped upon us. De hecho, the first documented botnet – a network of bots – was created as early as 2001. Today some botnets include tens of millions of machines. And these computers perform the tasks they are given in complete ignorance of their… Seguir leyendo What is a Botnet: Signs Your Computer Is Part Of A Botnet
Scariest Online Threats You Should Know About
Today almost every aspect of our life has moved online. And we can be quite happy about it because you no longer need to waste a whole hour to commute to work, you don’t need to go to the bank to make a deposit or you don’t need to go to a shopping center to… Seguir leyendo Scariest Online Threats You Should Know About
The Danger of Botnet Network: How to Detect Botnet on You PC
The word «red de robots» is now ubiquitous, and almost all users know what it means. This is not surprising because this network can be virtually any device with Internet access. Such a network can infect many devices, such as desktop computers, teléfonos inteligentes, and home Wi-Fi routers. All of them may one day have weapons in the… Seguir leyendo The Danger of Botnet Network: How to Detect Botnet on You PC