A newly discovered worm and botnet named Gitpaste-12 lives on GitHub and also uses Pastebin to host malicious code. The advanced malware comes equipped with reverse shell and crypto-mining ...

An apparent Russian script kiddie is converting widespread security gaps into a powerful botnet capable of launching global-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks. See Also: Reduce Cloud Risk in ...

Operators of the LemonDuck botnet are targeting Docker instances in a cryptocurrency mining campaign. LemonDuck is cryptocurrency mining malware wrapped up in a botnet structure. The malware exploits ...

Comparing botnet command-and-control (C&C) traffic or malware within an organization to activity seen in other parts of the Internet isn't new. It's just that some security analysts are increasingly ...

A cryptomining gang known as 8220 Gang has been exploiting Linux and cloud app vulnerabilities to grow their botnet to more than 30,000 infected hosts. The group is a low-skilled, ...

KadNap botnet infects 14,000+ routers using DHT-based P2P control while ClipXDaemon hijacks crypto wallets on Linux X11.

LAS VEGAS -- Black Hat USA -- Thrifty attackers, are you tired of investing your dollars in a botnet that's constantly being disrupted by new anti-virus signatures and bot downtime? A "cloudbot" might ...