Massive MikroTik router botnet has been spreading malware – here’s how to stay safe
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FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers
Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...
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MikroTik Botnet Exploits SPF Misconfigurations to Spread Malware
A MikroTik botnet exploited weak SPF configurations, spoofing 20,000 domains to launch widespread malspam campaigns.
The FBI Says It Made Malware Delete Itself From American’s Computers
To retrieve information from and send commands to the hacked machines, the malware connects to a command-and-control server ...
FBI triggers self-destruction of China-backed malware infecting US computers
A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...
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Researchers Expose NonEuclid RAT Using UAC Bypass and AMSI Evasion Techniques
"The NonEuclid remote access trojan (RAT), developed in C#, is a highly sophisticated malware offering unauthorised remote ...
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of ...
Beware, that Social Security email could be hiding dangerous malware
Cybercriminals are impersonating the US Social Security Administration in an attempt to install a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) ...
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FBI Deletes More Than 4,000 PlugX Malware Instances
U.S. federal law enforcement said Tuesday it deleted more than 4,000 instances of PlugX malware used in a Chinese ...
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International effort erases PlugX malware from thousands of Windows computers
The US has again taken court-approved action to remove malware from privately-held internet-connected computers across the ...
Google Security Alert As Backdoor VPN Threat Confirmed
Google security researchers have warned of a keylogging, screen capturing, audio recording threat “bundled with” popular VPNs ...
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group
A Chinese-based threat group called Mustang Panda was using a variant of the PlugX malware to infected U.S. Windows computers and steal information. The FBI, with help from French authorities and a ...