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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible. To make matters worse, with the development of penetration-testing tools and services, the dark market saw the rise of new malicious tools.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

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APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. The code seems inspired from multiple source code of China basis DDoS client, like Elknot. Figure 2: The C2 software for Linux DDoS.

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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

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