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IoT Devices

Botnet

Mirai

Mirai Botnet: How IoT Devices Almost Brought Down The Internet

Learn about the MIRAi botnet and its devastating impact on IoT devices. Understand how to protect your devices and networks from this dangerous malware....

25-Mar-2023

3 min read

Watering Hole

Backdoor

North Korea

WhiskerSpy: New Backdoor Spread via Watering Hole Attack by Earth Kitsune

WhiskerSpy: A new backdoor malware disguised as browser extensions propagating via Watering Hole attack targeting users in Russia, Belarus, & Ukraine...

23-Feb-2023

4 min read

Linux

BOLDMOVE: New Linux Malware Discovered in China-based Espionage Targeting FortiO...

BOLDMOVE is a new Linux-based malware discovered in a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targets FortiOS devices. The malware is used to maintain persistence on exploited devices by patching the FortiOS logging processes and disabling logging altogether....

25-Jan-2023

6 min read

Malware

Shagle

StrongPity APT After Android Users with Trojanized Telegram App

Learn about the StrongPity APT group's latest espionage campaign targeting Android users with a trojanized Telegram app disguised as the Shagle chat app......

19-Jan-2023

7 min read

Malware

SSH

MCCrash Malware: A Cross-Platform Botnet Targeting SSH-Enabled Devices

Analysis of MCCrash cross-platform botnet that targets Windows & Linux devices, as well as IoT devices, via insecure SSH settings. It launches DDoS attacks against private Minecraft servers... ...

23-Dec-2022

6 min read