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Phorpiex Botnet Is Becoming Harder to Disrupt

Heimadal Security

Phorpiex/Trik is an SDBot fork (therefore IRC-based) used to spread GandCrab, Pushdo, Pony, and coin miners. The previously retired Phorpiex botnet has resurfaced with new peer-to-peer command and control architecture, making the virus more difficult to destroy.