Necurs botnet

The Necurs botnet is a distributor of many pieces of malware, most notably Locky.

Reports

Around June 1, 2016, the botnet went offline, perhaps due to a glitch in the command and control server running Necurs. However, three weeks later, Jon French from AppRiver discovered a spike in spam emails, signifying either a temporary spike in the botnet's activity or return to its normal pre-June 1 state.[1] In late March, 2017, the botnet began to send spam emails as part of a pump and dump scam.[2][3]

Distributed malware[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ French, Jon. "Necurs BotNet Back With A Vengeance Warns AppRiver". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Necurs Botnet Shifts from Ransomware to Pump-and-Dump Scam". Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pump and dump spam: Incapta Inc (INCT)". Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hackers behind Locky and Dridex start spreading new ransomware". Retrieved 27 June 2016.


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