Interplanetary Storm Botnet Shows Signs of Anonymization-Purpose Proxy-for-Hire Infrastructure
While botnets have been used for anything from performing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to stealing data and even sending spam, Bitdefender researchers have found signs that the Interplanetary Storm botnet could be used for something else entirely. This particular Golang-written botnet could be used as an anonymization proxy-network-as-a-service and potentially ... Read More
There’s a New a Golang-written RAT in Town
Security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a new Golang-written RAT that targets devices by using the CVE-2019-2725 (Oracle WebLogic RCE) vulnerability identified last year. Unlike other bots that have exploited this vulnerability, it doesn’t try to install a cryptominer or deploy other malware — at least not yet. Oracle published ... Read More
