The FBI has successfully dismantled the notorious IPStorm botnet and apprehended its operator. The operation took place back in September, with the key operator, Sergei Makinin, detained around this time. FBI Dismantles IPStorm Botnet The Federal Bureau of Investigation has successfully suspended the activity of the notorious IPStorm botnet. As a result, they have ended… Continue reading IPStorm Botnet Stopped by the FBI, Operator Detained
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P2P botnet Interplanetary Storm accounts more than 9000 devices
Bitdefender experts gave a detailed description of the work of the P2P botnet Interplanetary Storm (aka IPStorm), which uses infected devices as a proxy. According to researchers, the botnet includes more than 9,000 hosts (according to other sources, the number of infected devices exceeds 13,500), the vast majority of which are running Android, and about… Continue reading P2P botnet Interplanetary Storm accounts more than 9000 devices
IPStorm botnet now attacks Android, macOS and Linux devices
For the first time, Anomali specialists noticed the IPStorm in June 2019, and then it attacked only Windows machines. Now it began to attack devices on Android, macOS and Linux. Previously, the botnet included about 3,000 infected systems, but even then the researchers discovered several strange and interesting features that were unique to IPStorm. For… Continue reading IPStorm botnet now attacks Android, macOS and Linux devices