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Ebury botnet malware infected 400,000 Linux servers since 2009

Bleeping Computer

A malware botnet known as 'Ebury' has infected almost 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, with roughly 100,000 still compromised as of late 2023.

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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

SecureWorld News

National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. These allegations, which were made via China's official WeChat account , claim that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit of the NSA conducted cyberattacks in 2009 and maintained continuous surveillance on Huawei's servers.

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Ebury Botnet Malware Compromises 400,000 Linux Servers Over Past 14 Years

The Hacker News

A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023. The findings come from Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which characterized it as one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns for financial gain.

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15-Year-Old Ebury Botnet Compromised 400,000 Linux Servers

Security Boulevard

The operators behind the Ebury server-side malware botnet have been doing business since at least 2009 and, according to the threat researchers who have been tracking it for the last decade, are stronger and more active than ever. The malware has compromised at least 400,000 Linux servers over the past 15 years, with about 100,000.

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RockYou2024 compilation containing 10 billion passwords was leaked online

Security Affairs

The compilation has been named ‘RockYou2021’ by the forum user, presumably in reference to the RockYou data breach that occurred in 2009, when threat actors hacked their way into the social app website’s servers and got their hands on more than 32 million user passwords stored in plain text. RockYou2021 had 8.4

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The Largest Cybersecurity Breach Exposing 10 Billion Passwords

ZoneAlarm

Named after the infamous RockYou breach of 2009, this latest incident significantly surpasses its predecessor. The RockYou2024 password leak has emerged as the largest known data breach in history, exposing approximately 10 billion passwords. In July 2024, a hacker using the alias “ObamaCare” uploaded the RockYou2024.txt

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FBI's Most-Wanted Zeus and IcedID Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty

The Hacker News

to his role in two different malware schemes, Zeus and IcedID, between May 2009 and February 2021. A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Vyacheslav Igoravich Andreev, father, and tank), 37, was arrested by Swiss authorities in October 2022 and extradited to the U.S.

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