Tag: necurs
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New paper: Botception: botnet distributes script with bot capabilities
The Necurs botnet has been active for some time. In 2014, Virus Bulletin published a 3-part article by Peter Ferrie ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) who had studied the botnet in great detail. And although, as is typical for botnets, Necurs’ activities can be somewhat volatile, it has been used for some notorious…
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New paper: Botception: botnet distributes script with bot capabilities
The Necurs botnet has been active for some time. In 2014, Virus Bulletin published a 3-part article by Peter Ferrie ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) who had studied the botnet in great detail. And although, as is typical for botnets, Necurs’ activities can be somewhat volatile, it has been used for some notorious…
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VB2018: last-minute talks announced
With a little over three weeks to go until the start of VB2018 , 28th Virus Bulletin Conference, we are excited to announce ten last-minute talks that cover hot research. Nation-state & cyber espionage attacks Nation-state attacks and cyber espionage continue to be hot topics in cybersecurity, and this is reflected in several last-minute papers.…
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VB2018: last-minute talks announced
With a little over three weeks to go until the start of VB2018 , 28th Virus Bulletin Conference, we are excited to announce ten last-minute talks that cover hot research. Nation-state & cyber espionage attacks Nation-state attacks and cyber espionage continue to be hot topics in cybersecurity, and this is reflected in several last-minute papers.…
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Necurs update reminds us that the botnet cannot be ignored
If, at some point in the past few years, you have looked at a spam campaign in which a lot of emails were being sent from Vietnam or India, there’s a good chance the spam was sent by the Necurs botnet. Necurs has been active for at least six years – Virus Bulletin published a…
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Necurs update reminds us that the botnet cannot be ignored
If, at some point in the past few years, you have looked at a spam campaign in which a lot of emails were being sent from Vietnam or India, there’s a good chance the spam was sent by the Necurs botnet. Necurs has been active for at least six years – Virus Bulletin published a…
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Necurs pump-and-dump spam campaign pushes obscure cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies have attracted the attention of cybercriminals for many years: as a relatively anonymous payment channel, as a target of their digital theft, and as a way to turn (temporarily) compromised systems into money-generating machines. Given the recent increases in the value of many such cryptocurrencies, it is not surprising to see them being promoted…
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Necurs pump-and-dump spam campaign pushes obscure cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies have attracted the attention of cybercriminals for many years: as a relatively anonymous payment channel, as a target of their digital theft, and as a way to turn (temporarily) compromised systems into money-generating machines. Given the recent increases in the value of many such cryptocurrencies, it is not surprising to see them being promoted…
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VB2017 paper: Peering into spam botnets
Spam continues to be an important infection vector for many malware campaigns, but while a lot of attention is paid to the payloads delivered by these campaigns – Andrew Brandt’s VB2017 talk on Trickbot being just one of many examples – few researchers study the botnets used to send the emails. Bucking that trend are CERT…
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VB2017 paper: Peering into spam botnets
Spam continues to be an important infection vector for many malware campaigns, but while a lot of attention is paid to the payloads delivered by these campaigns – Andrew Brandt’s VB2017 talk on Trickbot being just one of many examples – few researchers study the botnets used to send the emails. Bucking that trend are CERT…