A Mirai-based botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' is exploiting a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder) devices to hijack and make them part of its DDoS (distributed denial of service) swarm.
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A Russian and Moldovan national pled guilty to three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A) Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers.
The FBI today revealed US law enforcement’s dismantlement of a botnet proxy network and its infrastructure associated with the IPStorm malware.
According to online reports, the botnet infrastructure had infected Windows systems then further expanded to infect Linux, Mac, and Android devices, victimizing computers and other electronic devices around the world, including in Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Facebook’s Messenger platform has been heavily abused in the past month to spread endless messages with malicious attachments from a swarm of fake and hijacked personal accounts. These threat actors are targeting millions of business accounts on Facebook’s platform — from highly-rated marketplace sellers to large corporations, with fake business inquiries, achieving a staggering “success rate” with approximately 1 out of 70 infected!
Background
On April 13, 2022, 360Netlab first disclosed the Fodcha botnet. After our
article was published, Fodcha suffered a crackdown from the relevant
authorities, and its authors quickly responded by leaving "Netlab pls leave me
alone I surrender" in an updated sample.No surprise, Fodcha's authors didn't
really stop updating after the fraudulent surrender, and soon a new version was
released.
In the new version, the authors of Fodcha redesigned the communication protocol
and started to us