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Rapper Bot was ‘one of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist’ – now it’s done and dusted

Threat Score:
70
IT Pro Security
9 hours ago
Part of cluster #2068

Overview

The Rapper Bot botnet was responsible for a series of large-scale DDoS attacks on government agencies and tech companies. Now it's gone....

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Article Intelligence

Key entities and indicators for this article

VULNERABILITIES
Brute Force
DDoS
Denial of Service
RANSOMWARE
Done
One
ATTACK TYPES
Brute Force
DDoS
IoT Compromise
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001
T1070.004
T1071
T1071.001
T1071.002
MALWARE
RapperBot
COUNTRIES
United States
PLATFORMS
IoT
IoT Devices
AGENCIES
Department of Justice
INDUSTRIES
Cybersecurity
Technology
ARTICLE INFORMATION
Article #12618
Published 9 hours ago
IT Pro Security

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