U.S. authorities disrupt Russian intelligence’s botnet

[ad_1] In January 2024, an operation dismantled a community of a whole bunch of SOHO routers managed by GRU Navy Unit 26165, often known as APT 28, Sofacy Group, Forest Blizzard, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, and Sednit. This community facilitated numerous crimes, together with in depth spearphishing and credential harvesting towards entities of curiosity to… Continua a leggere U.S. authorities disrupt Russian intelligence’s botnet

FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities

[ad_1] The FritzFrog cryptomining botnet has new potential for progress: a lately analyzed variant of the bot is exploiting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) and PwnKit (CVE-2021-4034) vulnerabilities for lateral motion and privilege escalation. The FritzFrog botnet The FritzFrog botnet, initially recognized in August 2020, is a peer-to-peer (moderately than centrally-controlled) botnet powered by malware written in… Continua a leggere FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities

Did the NightOwl app actually be part of Macs to a botnet military?

[ad_1] Malware Posted on August 14th, 2023 by Jay Vrijenhoek and Joshua Lengthy In late June, an online developer named Taylor Robinson wrote a weblog put up titled, “Uninstall the Nightowl App, now.” NightOwl is a third-party app that has been round since 2018. It’s supposed to supply extra customizability than Apple’s built-in Evening Shift… Continua a leggere Did the NightOwl app actually be part of Macs to a botnet military?