The spambot has collected millions of email credentials and server login information in order to send spam through “legitimate” servers, defeating many spam filters. Source: 711 million email addresses ensnared in “largest” spambot | ZDNet
Source: Tech Firms Team Up to Take Down ‘WireX’ Android DDoS Botnet — Krebs on Security
August 26, 2017
SANS created a DVR torture chamber
SANS Internet Storm Center – A global cooperative cyber threat / internet security monitor and alert system. Featuring daily handler diaries with summarizing and analyzing new threats to networks and internet security events. Source: SANS Internet Storm Center
A list of thousands of fully working Telnet credentials has been sitting online on Pastebin since June 11, credentials that can be used by botnet herders to increase the size of their DDoS cannons. Source: Someone Published a List of Telnet Credentials for Thousands of IoT Devices
The FBI has been telling private sector companies that Kaspersky is an unacceptable threat to national security. Source: FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky – Cyberscoop