Takes Downs and the Rest of Us: Do they matter?, (Tue, Feb 27th)

Last week, the US Department of Justice published a press release entitled “Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU)” [1]. The disruption targeted a botnet built using the “Moobot” malware. According to the press release, this particular botnet focused on routers made by Ubiquity, using well-known default credentials. 

Article Link: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30694

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