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Group leveraging Cutwail spam botnet opts for “Magnitude” over BlackHole exploit kit
Cutwail, the world's largest spam botnet, is often used to distribute financial malware like Gameover Zeus.
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Cutwail operators aim DDoS at Zeus competitors
Researchers at RSA noted the "battle of the botmasters" taking place.
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TrickBot banking trojan linked to the team behind Dyre
The threat actors behind the notorious Dyre banking trojan may be back in action, this time supporting the new TrickBot trojan.
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Operators again revive Pushdo botnet, use a popular tactic to stay hidden
Botnet operators are using a domain-generation algorithm to conceal their command-and-control center. And once they knew security researchers were on to their tricks, they got even slicker.
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Android trojan spreads through Cutwail spam botnet
Attackers use phishing emails, which include links to a fake Adobe Flash update, to lure victims into installing the Stels trojan.
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‘Narwhal Spider’ group’s spam campaign targets Japanese recipients with URLZone malware
A newly discovered spam campaign powered by version two of the well-known Cutwail botnet has been found targeting Japanese users in an attempt to infect them with the URLZone (aka Bebloh) banking trojan. In a company blog post yesterday, Crowdstrike researchers Sebastian Eschweiler, Brett Stone-Gross and Bex Hartley note that the operation leverages the art of…
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Spam volume plunges in wake of Pushdo takedown
Efforts by a security company have resulted in the crippling of the notorious Pushdo, or Cutwail, botnet infrastructure.
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Pushdo botnet gets DGA update, over 6,000 machines host new variant
In less than a day, over 6,000 infected machines were updated with the new Pushdo variant.
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Zeus-family trojan spreads by way of spam botnet
Purveyors of the Gameover trojan are using the well-known Cutwail botnet to lure victims into downloading the banking malware.
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Faux Facebook emails use password reset ploy
Scammers are trying to infect the computers of Facebook users by claiming their password has been reset and that a replacement credential is contained in an attachment.