Mevade Botnet

The Mevade Botnet, also known as Sefnit or SBC, is a massive botnet. It operators are unknown, some have speculated Russian organized crime, and seems to be multi purpose.^[1]

In late 2013 the Tor anonymity network saw a very rapid massive increase in users, from 800,000 daily to more than 5,000,000. A botnet was suspect and fingers pointed at Mevade. Trend Micro reported that it's Smart Protection Network saw a tor module being distributed to Mevade trojans.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Debbie Cohen-Abravanel (November 6, 2013). "Mevade Botnet Attacking Enterprises & Governments".
2. ↑ "Massive spike of Tor users caused by Mevade botnet".