chaos-goodin2022

2024-10-03

Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices. Small office routers? FreeBSD machines? Enterprise servers? Chaos infects them all.

by Dan Goodin

September 28, 2022

arstechnica

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/never-before-seen-malware-has-infected-hundreds-of-linux-and-windows-devices/

Remark
SOHO
FreeBSD
Chaos malware
multiplatform malware
Linux
Windows
Black Lotus Labs
Lumen
named chaos due to “chaos” appearing in function names, certificates, …
activity cluster
IP addresses, tracking malware campaigns with
embedded devices
GitLab
ARM
i386
MIPS
PowerPC
brute force
stolen SSH keys
Emotet
botnet
spam/phishing
CVE
CVE-2017-17215
CVE-2022-30525
Huawei
CVE-2022-1388
load balancer
firewall
network inspection
F5
SSH
lateral movement
malware capabilities
network enumeration
remote shells
cybercrime
DDoS
cryptocurrency mining
Kaiji botnet
telemetry
IP address
port
domain name
UDP
TCP
SYN
SYN flood
business verticals: gaming, finance, technology, media, entertainment, hosting
cryptocurrency exchange
EMEA
APAC
North America
Europe
volumetric DDoS
IP spoofing
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA bypass
transport layer
IP stressor
booter
keep devices fully updated
use strong passwords
use multifactor authentication
use public key infrastructure
FIDO2

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