Botnet

VPNFilter Infects Over 500,000 Routers Worldwide
VPNFilter Infects Over 500,000 Routers Worldwide

Botnet

VPNFilter Infects Over 500,000 Routers Worldwide

Last week the Justice Department issued a statement that owners of SOHO and NAS routers may be infected and should reboot their devices as soon as possible. The warning was issued in an effort to disrupt a massive malware botnet and increase the chances of identifying and remediating the world wide infection. The infectious malware [...]

By Richard Keene|2018-05-31T19:45:48+00:00May 31st, 2018|Botnet|Comments Off

Twitter Based Botnet can Hijack Your Phone

A new strain of malware has been discovered that changes the rules of how most people think about botnets. The apply named Twittoor, is a Trojan that that infects Android phones and uses the Twitter social network to coordinate the botnet. Twitoor is believed to be the first instance of a botnet controlled through a [...]

By Richard Keene|2019-02-04T02:35:49+00:00August 26th, 2016|Botnet, malware, Uncategorized|Comments Off