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World’s worst botnet fiends switch from ransomware to stock scam spam

IT LIVES! Cybercriminals behind the Necurs botnet have reactivated the zombie network and returned to their original business of using compromised machines as conduits for spam distribution.…

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World’s worst botnet fiends switch from ransomware to stock scam spam

Oops! 185,000-plus Wi-Fi cameras on the web with insecure admin panels

Just unplug them now before someone writes a botnet, okay? Get ready for the next camera-botnet: a Chinese generic wireless webcam sold under more than 1,200 brands from 354 vendors has a buggy and exploitable embedded web server.…

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Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet

Hospitals advised to use Bing instead Exclusive   Google is blocking access to the entire NHS network, mistaking the amount of traffic it is currently receiving as a cyber attack.…

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Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet

DDoSing has evolved in the vacuum left by IoT’s total absence of security

Botnets’ power level over 9,000 thanks to gaping vulnerabilities IoT botnets have transformed the threat landscape, resulting in a big increase in the size of DDoS attacks from 500Gbps in 2015 up to 800Gbps last year.…

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DDoSing has evolved in the vacuum left by IoT’s total absence of security

Unbreakable Locky ransomware is on the march again

Necrus botnet wakes up and starts fresh malware-cano Cisco is warning of possible return of a massive ransomware spam campaign after researchers noticed traces of traffic from the hitherto dormant Necrus botnet.…

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Unbreakable Locky ransomware is on the march again

Operator of DDoS protection service named as Mirai author

Krebs says he’s fingered author of epic IoT web assault code The author of the massive distributed denial-of-service attack malware Mirai, which ropes infected routers and internet of things devices into remotely controlled armies, is a New Jersey man, according to journo Brian Krebs.…

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Operator of DDoS protection service named as Mirai author

Mirai author named as operator of DDoS protection service

Krebs says he’s fingered author of epic IoT web assault code The author of the massive distributed denial-of-service attack malware Mirai, which ropes infected routers and internet of things devices into remotely controlled armies, is a New Jersey man, according to journo Brian Krebs.…

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Crims shut off Ukraine power in wide-ranging anniversary hacks

Phishing, denial of service, and remote exploitation part of hacking banquet Hackers of unknown origin cut power supplies in Ukraine for a second time in 12 months as part of wide-ranging attacks that hit the country in December.…

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Crims shut off Ukraine power in wide-ranging anniversary hacks