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ESET Research shares its findings on the workings of Danabot, an infostealer recently disrupted in a multinational law ...
ESET Research has been tracking Danabot's activity since 2018 as part of a global effort that resulted in a major disruption ...
we have found further links suggesting a cooperation between the operators of DanaBot and GootKit. First, ESET's telemetry was able to link GootKit activity to a C&C server subnet and top-level ...
The DanaBot botnet ensnared over 300,000 devices and caused more than $50 million in damages before being disrupted.
Authorities said malware linked to Russia-based cybercrime group infected more than 300,000 computers around the world with ...
Initially spotted in May 2018 by researchers at the email security firm Proofpoint, DanaBot is a malware-as-a-service platform that specializes in credential theft and banking fraud. Today, the U.S.
it's a wrap on another month filled with impactful cybersecurity news ESET Research has been tracking Danabot’s activity since 2018 as part of a global effort that resulted in a major disruption of ...
DoJ disrupts DanaBot malware after 300K infections and $50M damage; 16 charged in Russia-linked cybercrime ring.
“In January, the DanaBot downloader changed its communication protocol, obscuring it with the AES256 encryption. The new protocol was described in detail by ESET,” researchers wrote. AES256 ...
The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.
A new Europol-led operation has dismantled infrastructure for key initial access malware used to launch ransomware attacks ...
Danabot's authors promote their toolset through underground forums and offer various rental options to potential affiliates. This ESET Research analysis covers the features used in the latest versions ...