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Dark Reading
The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 2022.
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The Hacker News
Threat actors associated with the Cyclops ransomware have been observed offering an information stealer malware that's designed to capture sensitive data from infected hosts. "The threat actor behind this [ransomware-as-a-service] promotes its offering on forums," Uptycs said in a new report. "There it requests a share of profits from those engaging in malicious activities using its malware."
The Hacker News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it neutralized Cyclops Blink, a modular botnet controlled by a threat actor known as Sandworm, which has been attributed to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). "The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used
The Register
Control systems scrubbed, hijacked network devices need to be patched and cleaned The US Justice Department today revealed details of a court-authorized take-down of command-and-control systems the Sandworm cyber-crime ring used to direct network devices infected by its Cyclops Blink malware.…
Bleeping Computer
US government officials announced today the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet linked to the Russian-backed Sandworm hacking group before it was used in attacks. [...]
The Register
Kremlin-backed Sandworm found a VPNFilter replacement Cyclops Blink malware has infected ASUS routers in what Trend Micro threat researchers say looks like an attempt to turn infected devices into command-and-control servers for future attacks.…
ThreatPost
The Russian-speaking APT behind the NotPetya attacks and the Ukrainian power grid takedown could be setting up for additional sinister attacks, researchers said.
The Hacker News
ASUS routers have emerged as the target of a nascent botnet called Cyclops Blink, almost a month after it was revealed the malware abused WatchGuard firewall appliances as a stepping stone to gain remote access to breached networks. According to a new report published by Trend Micro, the botnet's "main purpose is to build an infrastructure for further attacks on high-value targets," given that
Bleeping Computer
Multiple ASUS router models are vulnerable to the Russia-linked Cyclops Blink malware threat, causing the vendor to publish an advisory with mitigations for the security risk. [...]