ESET cybersecurity experts: To collect data or conduct other malicious activity, it uses modified legitimate binaries that are adjusted to load further components.
Intezer cybersecurity experts spotted the new malware in August and dubbed it Vermilion Strike. It has been actively used in attacks targeting organizations.
Cloudflare cybersecurity experts: The aggression was launched by more than 20,000 Mirai’s bots in 125 countries. Many of them originated from Indonesia, India and Brazil.
The cybersecurity expert MalwareHunterTeam: The group shut down them before encrypting files to prevent them from being locked and to avoid data corruption.
Intezer cybersecurity experts: It’s a backdoor linked to the Chinese state-sponsored hacking collective Winnti. It has meny capabilities and can be updated.
Check Point cyber security experts: The Windows crypto miner and DDOS hybrid malware now is multi-platform and multi-architecture, targeting Linux and IoT devices.
Netscout cyber security experts: The cryptojacking and DDoS malware includes additional tools and a port to the operating system. The bot supports TCP, UCP, ICMP, and HTTP-based attacks.