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FBI Declaws Russian Fancy Bear Botnet
2018-05-25 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The FBI has disrupted a network of half a million routers compromised by the group of Russian hackers believed to have penetrated the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 elections, according to reports. The hacker group, known as "Fancy Bear," has been using a malware program called "VPN Filter" to compromise home and small office routers.
Botnet Strikes Cryptocurrency Mining Rigs
2018-01-19 23:10:24| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The botnet has been trying to steal digital currency generated from Windows systems running the Claymore mining software.
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Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating Mirai Botnet
2017-12-13 23:09:50| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
A New Jersey man named Paras Jha was the mastermind who developed and refined the Mirai malware's source code, according to the Justice Department.
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Andromeda Botnet Shut Down
2017-12-05 00:09:30| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Andromeda has been active at least since 2011, and was notorious for infecting computers around the globe to form a botnet.
Symantec Discovers 8 Minecraft Apps Building a Botnet
2017-10-19 17:07:23| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Up to 2.6 million Android devices have been infected by these eight malicious apps discovered on Google Play.
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