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Glupteba Botnet Still Active Despite Google’s Disruption Efforts

Home › Virus & Threats Glupteba Botnet Still Active Despite Google’s Disruption Efforts By Eduard Kovacs on December 19, 2022 Tweet An analysis conducted by OT and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks shows that the Glupteba botnet is still active following Google’s efforts to disrupt the cybercrime operation. The Glupteba botnet is powered by a large number of compromised Windows devices. The…

Google Wins Lawsuit Against Glupteba Botnet Operators

Home › Tracking & Law Enforcement Google Wins Lawsuit Against Glupteba Botnet Operators By Eduard Kovacs on November 17, 2022 Tweet Google has won a lawsuit against operators of a botnet named Glupteba, which the internet giant disrupted last year. Google announced in December 2021 that it had taken action to disrupt the botnet’s C&C infrastructure. The company said at the time that even if its…

Glupteba Malware Uses Bitcoin Blockchain to Update C2 Domains

A new variant of the Glupteba malware dropper is using the Bitcoin blockchain to fetch command and control (C2) server domains from Bitcoin transactions marked with OP_RETURN script opcodes.

Glupteba has been previously distributed as a secondary payload by the Alureon Trojan as part of a 2011 campaign designed to push clickjacking contextual advertising, as well as by the threat actors behind O…