Necurs botnet
The Necurs botnet is a distributor of many pieces of malware, most notably Locky.
Reports
Around June 1, 2016, the botnet went offline, perhaps due to a glitch in the command and control server running Necurs. However, three weeks later, Jon French from AppRiver discovered a spike in spam emails, signifying either a temporary spike in the botnet's activity or return to its normal pre-June 1 state.[1] In late March, 2017, the botnet began to send spam emails as part of a pump and dump scam.[2][3]
Distributed malware[4]
See also
- Conficker
- Command and control (malware)
- Gameover ZeuS
- Operation Tovar
- Timeline of computer viruses and worms
- Tiny Banker Trojan
- Torpig
- Zeus (malware)
- Zombie (computer science)
References
- ↑ French, Jon. "Necurs BotNet Back With A Vengeance Warns AppRiver". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ↑ "Necurs Botnet Shifts from Ransomware to Pump-and-Dump Scam". Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.
- ↑ "Pump and dump spam: Incapta Inc (INCT)". Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.
- ↑ "Hackers behind Locky and Dridex start spreading new ransomware". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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