FBI disrupts botnet controlled by Russian security services
The news comes just weeks after the U.S. announced it went on the offensive against a China-linked botnet operation.
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The news comes just weeks after the U.S. announced it went on the offensive against a China-linked botnet operation.
Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.
The Justice Department announced today that it has successfully conducted a court-authorized operation to neutralize a botnet controlled by the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU). The operation targeted a network of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were used by the GRU to carry out various cybercrimes, including spearphishing and credential harvesting campaigns against U.S. and foreign governments, military organizations, and corporate entities.The botnet, which was operated by GRU Military Unit 26165, also known as...
The FBI said it disrupted an attack campaign in January that had compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers from Ubiquiti.
The feds have disrupted a Russian intelligence SOHO router botnet notable for being built with Moobot malware rather than custom code.