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Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors

Enlarge / If you’re going to come at port 443, you best not miss (or forget to put a space between URL and port). Getty Images reader comments 24 with 0 posters participating Share this story KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that could also be used for denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, broke into systems through weak secure… Read More »

Windows and Linux devices are under attack by a new cryptomining worm

Getty Images reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story A newly discovered cryptomining worm is stepping up its targeting of Windows and Linux devices with a batch of new exploits and capabilities, a researcher said. Research company Juniper started monitoring what it’s calling the Sysrv botnet in December. One of the botnet’s… Read More »