A variant of a long-running botnet is now abusing the Log4Shell vulnerability but is going beyond internet-facing applications and is targeting all hosts in a victim’s internal network. Researchers at Akamai explain the shift in the FritzFrog botnet — which has existed since 2020 — in a report released Thursday. The botnet typically uses brute-force […]
Oct 17, 2023NewsroomMalware / APT In what’s the latest evolution of threat actors abusing legitimate infrastructure for nefarious ends, new findings show that nation-state hacking groups have entered the fray in leveraging the social platform for targeting critical infrastructure. Discord, in recent years, has become a lucrative target, acting as a fertile ground for hosting […]