CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. Warning Signs of Malware Infection. Computer Worms.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. Their tactics went beyond the typical DDoS attack.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). It also has different DDoS functionality. CVE-2016-1555. CVE-2016-6277. CVE-2016-11021. 4000456: AV EXPLOIT Netgear Device RCE (CVE-2016-1555). A2pvI042j1.d26m.

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Malware IoT Firmware Authentication 85

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Dharma ransomware first emerged in 2016 and uses a popular phishing strategy of impersonating Microsoft with email subjects such as Your System is At Risk. The email directs victims to download antivirus software. The download link does install an antivirus, but its an old version that wont catch Dharma.

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Cybersecurity Banking Education Antivirus 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. That would make this denial of service attack roughly twice as powerful as any similar previously recorded DDoS attack at the time. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working? terabits per second.

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IoT DDOS Malware Internet 52

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Following their dramatic arrests in 2016, many news media outlets reported that the men were suspected of having tipped off American intelligence officials about those responsible for Russian hacking activities tied to the 2016 U.S. Both men maintained their innocence throughout the trial. presidential election.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

NATO must recognize the potential of open-source intelligence Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation Trump campaign hack-and-leak appears like a rerun of 2016. Large-scale extortion campaign targets publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) env) OpenAI dismantled an Iranian influence operation targeting the U.S.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Banking Hacking 131