Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at September 22, 2019. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: The Laos is in first place. The Palestine is in the second place. The country China (CN) is […]
1 Introduction According to the Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development[①] released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) in February 2019, China’s online population had reached 829 million, with an Internet penetration rate of 59.6%, by the end of 2018. The Internet has shown its presence in every segment of national economy, with a […]
Conclusion and Recommendations In 2018, botnets continued using DDoS as their primary weapon to attack regions with ubiquitous high speed networking for direct economic gains. However, they underwent significant changes in behavioral patterns, host platforms, C&C server deployment, infection methods, attack methods, and payload types. Security service providers need to adapt their strategies to better […]
Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at September 08, 2019. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: The Laos is in first place. The Palestine is in the second place. The country China (CN) is […]
4.4 Satan: Evolving Ransomware In late April 2018, MalwareHunterTeam reported seeing new ransomware that leveraged EternalBlue to propagate. Through analysis, we found that the ransomware was based on a new version (dubbed V2) of Satan, a ransomware family launched in 2017. The ransom demanded in this version increased from 0.1 to 0.3 Bitcoin. At the […]
4.3 XMRig: Cryptomining For Fun and Profit Cryptomining by botnets has gained popularity in the past two years. Unlike other common malicious activities like DDoS, ransomware attacks, and confidential information theft, cryptomining has some unique characteristics: 1. Predictable earnings. Cryptominers are good at hiding their presence by controlling their CPU usage within 30%–40%. Based on […]
