Date Author Title
2024-02-18Guy BruneauMirai-Mirai On The Wall... [Guest Diary]
2024-01-07Guy BruneauSuspicious Prometei Botnet Activity
2023-12-27Guy BruneauUnveiling the Mirai: Insights into Recent DShield Honeypot Activity [Guest Diary]
2023-11-27Guy BruneauDecoding the Patterns: Analyzing DShield Honeypot Activity [Guest Diary]
2023-11-22Guy BruneauCVE-2023-1389: A New Means to Expand Botnets
2023-11-09Guy BruneauRouters Targeted for Gafgyt Botnet [Guest Diary]
2023-06-22Brad DuncanQakbot (Qbot) activity, obama271 distribution tag
2023-04-12Brad DuncanRecent IcedID (Bokbot) activity
2023-03-11Xavier MertensOverview of a Mirai Payload Generator
2023-02-28Brad DuncanBB17 distribution Qakbot (Qbot) activity
2023-02-24Brad DuncanURL files and WebDAV used for IcedID (Bokbot) infection
2022-12-02Brad Duncanobama224 distribution Qakbot tries .vhd (virtual hard disk) images
2022-11-02Brad DuncanWho put the "Dark" in DarkVNC?
2022-10-16Didier StevensVideo: Analysis of a Malicious HTML File (QBot)
2022-10-13Didier StevensAnalysis of a Malicious HTML File (QBot)
2022-08-24Brad DuncanMonster Libra (TA551/Shathak) --> IcedID (Bokbot) --> Cobalt Strike & DarkVNC
2022-08-12Brad DuncanMonster Libra (TA551/Shathak) pushes IcedID (Bokbot) with Dark VNC and Cobalt Strike
2022-07-27Brad DuncanIcedID (Bokbot) with Dark VNC and Cobalt Strike
2022-06-30Brad DuncanCase Study: Cobalt Strike Server Lives on After Its Domain Is Suspended
2022-06-09Brad DuncanTA570 Qakbot (Qbot) tries CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) exploit (ms-msdt)
2022-04-20Brad Duncan"aa" distribution Qakbot (Qbot) infection with DarkVNC traffic
2022-03-25Xavier MertensXLSB Files: Because Binary is Stealthier Than XML
2022-03-16Brad DuncanQakbot infection with Cobalt Strike and VNC activity
2022-02-15Xavier MertensWho Are Those Bots?
2022-02-09Brad DuncanExample of Cobalt Strike from Emotet infection
2022-01-25Brad DuncanEmotet Stops Using 0.0.0.0 in Spambot Traffic
2022-01-07Xavier MertensCustom Python RAT Builder
2021-12-22Brad DuncanDecember 2021 Forensic Contest: Answers and Analysis
2021-12-16Brad DuncanHow the "Contact Forms" campaign tricks people
2021-12-02Brad DuncanTA551 (Shathak) pushes IcedID (Bokbot)
2021-11-26Guy BruneauSearching for Exposed ASUS Routers Vulnerable to CVE-2021-20090
2021-11-16Brad DuncanEmotet Returns
2021-11-04Brad DuncanOctober 2021 Forensic Contest: Answers and Analysis
2021-10-04Johannes UllrichBoutique "Dark" Botnet Hunting for Crumbs
2021-09-23Xavier MertensExcel Recipe: Some VBA Code with a Touch of Excel4 Macro
2021-08-13Brad DuncanExample of Danabot distributed through malspam
2021-07-24Xavier MertensAgent.Tesla Dropped via a .daa Image and Talking to Telegram
2021-06-30Brad DuncanJune 2021 Forensic Contest: Answers and Analysis
2021-06-24Xavier MertensDo you Like Cookies? Some are for sale!
2021-04-15Johannes UllrichWhy and How You Should be Using an Internal Certificate Authority
2021-04-06Jan KoprivaMalspam with Lokibot vs. Outlook and RFCs
2021-03-03Brad DuncanQakbot infection with Cobalt Strike
2021-02-23Jan KoprivaQakbot in a response to Full Disclosure post
2021-02-17Brad DuncanMalspam pushing Trickbot gtag rob13
2021-01-26Brad DuncanTA551 (Shathak) Word docs push Qakbot (Qbot)
2021-01-20Brad DuncanQakbot activity resumes after holiday break
2020-12-09Brad DuncanRecent Qakbot (Qbot) activity
2020-11-03Brad DuncanEmotet -> Qakbot -> more Emotet
2020-10-20Xavier MertensMirai-alike Python Scanner
2020-10-14Brad DuncanMore TA551 (Shathak) Word docs push IcedID (Bokbot)
2020-08-19Xavier MertensExample of Word Document Delivering Qakbot
2020-08-03Xavier MertensPowershell Bot with Multiple C2 Protocols
2020-08-01Jan KoprivaWhat pages do bad bots look for?
2020-07-15Brad DuncanWord docs with macros for IcedID (Bokbot)
2020-06-13Guy BruneauMirai Botnet Activity
2020-05-20Brad DuncanMicrosoft Word document with malicious macro pushes IcedID (Bokbot)
2020-04-01Brad DuncanQakbot malspam sent from an infected Windows host
2020-03-21Guy BruneauHoneypot - Scanning and Targeting Devices & Services
2020-03-18Brad DuncanTrickbot gtag red5 distributed as a DLL file
2020-01-28Brad DuncanEmotet epoch 1 infection with Trickbot gtag mor84
2019-12-24Brad DuncanMalspam with links to Word docs pushes IcedID (Bokbot)
2019-12-18Brad DuncanEmotet infection with spambot activity
2019-12-11Brad DuncanGerman language malspam pushes yet another wave of Trickbot
2019-11-13Brad DuncanAn example of malspam pushing Lokibot malware, November 2019
2019-10-30Xavier MertensKeep an Eye on Remote Access to Mailboxes
2019-09-18Brad DuncanEmotet malspam is back
2019-09-03Johannes Ullrich[Guest Diary] Tricky LNK points to TrickBot
2019-08-14Brad DuncanRecent example of MedusaHTTP malware
2019-08-08Johannes Ullrich[Guest Diary] The good, the bad and the non-functional, or "how not to do an attack campaign"
2019-07-26Kevin ShorttDVRIP Port 34567 - Uptick
2019-03-13Brad DuncanMalspam pushes Emotet with Qakbot as the follow-up malware
2019-03-06Brad DuncanMalspam with password-protected word docs still pushing IcedID (Bokbot) with Trickbot
2019-02-14Xavier MertensOld H-Worm Delivered Through GitHub
2019-01-16Brad DuncanEmotet infections and follow-up malware
2019-01-10Brad DuncanHeartbreaking Emails: "Love You" Malspam
2018-12-23Guy BruneauScanning Activity, end Goal is to add Hosts to Mirai Botnet
2018-12-18Brad DuncanMalspam links to password-protected Word docs that push IcedID (Bokbot)
2018-12-05Brad DuncanCampaign evolution: Hancitor changes its Word macros
2018-12-04Brad DuncanMalspam pushing Lokibot malware
2018-11-14Brad DuncanDay in the life of a researcher: Finding a wave of Trickbot malspam
2018-09-26Brad DuncanOne Emotet infection leads to three follow-up malware infections
2018-05-09Xavier MertensNice Phishing Sample Delivering Trickbot
2018-03-08Xavier MertensCRIMEB4NK IRC Bot
2017-10-19Brad DuncanHSBC-themed malspam uses ISO attachments to push Loki Bot malware
2017-08-15Brad DuncanMalspam pushing Trickbot banking Trojan
2017-07-19Xavier MertensBots Searching for Keys & Config Files
2017-05-08Renato MarinhoExploring a P2P Transient Botnet - From Discovery to Enumeration
2016-12-31Xavier MertensOngoing Scans Below the Radar
2016-12-07Xavier MertensThe Passwords You Should Never Use
2016-09-10Xavier MertensOngoing IMAP Scan, Anyone Else?
2016-07-27Xavier MertensAnalyze of a Linux botnet client source code
2015-02-06Johannes UllrichAnthem, TurboTax and How Things "Fit Together" Sometimes
2014-10-09Johannes UllrichCSAM: My servers started speaking IRC, and that is when I started to listen!
2014-08-16Lenny ZeltserWeb Server Attack Investigation - Installing a Bot and Reverse Shell via a PHP Vulnerability
2014-01-16Kevin ShorttPort 4028 - Interesting Activity
2013-12-07Guy BruneauSuspected Active Rovnix Botnet Controller
2013-10-26Guy BruneauActive Perl/Shellbot Trojan
2013-08-11Bojan ZdrnjaXATattacks (attacks on xat.com)
2012-10-26Russ McReeCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 26 - Attackers use trusted domain to propagate Citadel Zeus variant
2011-08-04Johannes UllrichIRC traffic on non standard ports
2011-05-14Guy BruneauWebsense Study Claims Canada Next Hotbed for Cybercrime Web Hosting Activity
2011-02-28Deborah HalePossible Botnet Scanning
2011-01-11Kevin ShorttSpam Cannons on Holiday
2010-11-18Chris CarboniAll of your pages are belonging to us
2010-11-05Adrien de BeaupreBot honeypot
2010-08-19Daniel WesemannCasper the unfriendly ghost
2010-07-29Rob VandenBrinkFBI, Slovenian and Spanish Police announce more arrests of Mariposa Botnet Creator, Operators
2010-06-14Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezNew way of social engineering on IRC
2010-05-07Johannes UllrichStock market "wipe out" may be due to computer error
2010-05-02Mari NicholsZbot Social Engineering
2010-04-23Adrien de BeaupreShadowserver botnet rules
2010-03-25Kevin ListonZeus wants to do your taxes
2010-03-11donald smithCert write up on Skype IMBot Logic and Functionality.
2010-02-02Johannes UllrichPushdo Update
2010-01-25William Salusky"Bots and Spiders and Crawlers, be gone!" - or - "New Open Source WebAppSec tools, Huzzah!"
2009-12-21Marcus SachsiPhone Botnet Analysis
2009-11-13Deborah HalePushdo/Cutwail Spambot - A Little Known BIG Problem
2009-11-08Kevin ListonFireEye takes on Ozdok and Recovery Ideas
2009-10-10Tony CarothersUser Notification for Possible Infected Systems
2009-09-16Raul SilesIETF Draft for Remediation of Bots in ISP Networks
2009-05-07Deborah HaleBotnet hijacking reveals 70GB of stolen data
2008-11-05donald smithBot net hunters get an improved tool from SRI bothunters
2008-09-09Swa FrantzenThe complaint that's an attack
2008-09-01John BambenekThe Number of Machines Controlled by Botnets Has Jumped 4x in Last 3 Months
2008-07-19William SaluskyA twist in fluxnet operations. Enter Hydraflux
2008-07-15Maarten Van HorenbeeckBot controller mimicry
2008-04-07John BambenekGot Kraken?
2008-04-07John BambenekKraken Technical Details: UPDATED x3
2006-08-31Joel EslerMS06-040 Worm
2006-08-31Swa FrantzenNT botnet submitted