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FBI Warns: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter is STILL Not Secure
Richi Jennings | | APT28, Botnet disruption, Botnet Takedown, botnets, CVE-2023-23397, EdgeRouter, Fancy Bear, FBI warning, GRU, IC3, IC3.gov, Military Unit 26165, nsa, NSA/CISA, NTLM, NTLM Authentication, NTLM hash, NTLM leak, ntlm relay, Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, russian, Russian Cyber Interests, Russian Cyber War, SB Blogwatch, Ubiquiti, Ubiquiti breach, Ubiquiti Inc., Ubiquiti Networks, US FBI
GRU APT28 is back again: Fancy Bear still hacking ubiquitous gear, despite patch availability ...
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‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing
Richi Jennings | | botnet, Botnet Attack, botnets, Consumer IoT, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS botnet, Fortinet, Inc., Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, IoT botnet
PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? ...
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Hackers Building AndroxGh0st Botnet to Target AWS, O365, Feds Warn
The bad actors behind the Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet they can use to identify victims and exploit vulnerable networks to steal confidential information from such high-profile cloud applications as Amazon ...
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NoaBot Pwns Hundreds of SSH Servers as Crypto Miners
Richi Jennings | | Bitcoin miner, botnet, botnets, coin miner, coin miners, coinminer, crypto miner, Crypto miners, cryptocurrency miner, cryptominer, cryptominers, imaginary money, IoT botnet, IoT botnets, iot cryptocurrency miner, iot cryptominer, Linux.Mirai, Mirai, Mirai botnet, Mirai Malware, NoaBot, SB Blogwatch
‘hi’ — Mirai-based botnet exploits weak authentication to mine fake money ...
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Why Botnets Persist: How to Stop Direct-Path DDoS Attacks
No one is immune from direct-path DDoS attacks, but there are ways to mitigate the damage before it occurs ...
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The FBI’s Qakbot Takedown, QR Code Phishing Attacks, Dox Anyone in America for $15
Tom Eston | | 404 Media, botnet, botnets, Credit Bureaus, credit card, Credit Header Information, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Exploitation, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, doxing, Energy, Episodes, FBI, Fraud, Information Security, Infosec, personal data, Phishing, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Qakbot, QR, QR code, QR Code Phishing, Ransomware, security, Security Awareness, social engineering, technology, Transunion, Weekly Edition
In this episode we discuss the FBI’s remarkable takedown of the Qakbot botnet, a saga involving ransomware, cryptocurrency, and the FBI pushing an uninstaller to thousands of victim PCs. Next, we explore ...
Qakbot Cracked: FBI and Friends Hack the Hackers
Richi Jennings | | aresloader, Black Basta Ransomware, botnet, botnets, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, Duck Hunt, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, justice department, loaders, Pinkslipbot, Qakbot, qakbot malware, Qbot, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Justice Department, United States Department of Justice, US Department of Justice, US FBI
Operation Duck Hunt shoots to kill big botnet ...
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3 Things to Consider When Selecting a Bot Manager
A bot manager needs to do more than simply eradicate bots that come into contact with networks and employees. A level of discernment is required; remember, not all bots are bad. But ...
The LinkedIn Data Scraping Verdict — and Its Reversal
In October of last year, a ruling against LinkedIn by The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District in San Francisco left many confused. How could the court rule in ...
6 Ways Bot Attacks Can Spoil Your Black Friday
The 3 days between “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” are when online retailers often enjoy their highest sales numbers for the year. Yes, it’s a very big deal. While consumers and retailers ...