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Cyber-crime, Malware

New Linux botnet RapperBot brute-forces SSH servers

August 5, 2022

Via: Security Affairs

Researchers from FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new IoT botnet tracked as RapperBot which is active since mid-June 2022. The bot borrows a large portion of its code from the original Mirai botnet, but unlike other IoT malware families, it […]


Malware

A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks at more than 150Gbps

September 29, 2015

Via: malware

A #linux botnet has grown so powerful that it can generate crippling distributed denial-of-service #attacks at over 150 Gbps, many times greater than a typical company’s infrastructure can withstand. The #malware behind the botnet is known as #xor #ddos and […]