Hackers Using Malware-Driven Scanning Attacks To Pinpoint Vulnerabilities

Attackers are now using malware-infected devices to scan target networks instead of directly scanning them. This approach helps them to hide their identity, evade geographical restrictions (geofencing), and grow their botnets. Compromised hosts provide more resources to launch large-scale scans than a single attacker machine could manage. Systems can effectively detect established and novel scanning […]

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