Incident Response, Malware, TDR

U.S. hosts most botnet command servers worldwide

The United States hosts the highest number of command-and-control (C&C) servers operating botnets, according to anti-virus company McAfee. America topped the list of countries hosting botnet hubs around the globe, with 631 active servers here. Benjamin Cruz, a researcher at McAfee, blogged about the findings last Wednesday. Runner-up hosts included the British Virgin Islands, with 237, and the Netherlands, hosting 154. To determine the numbers, McAfee analyzed its network of millions of endpoint devices and network security appliances, as well as malicious binary and information gathered through research.

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Black Basta attack disrupts BT unit’s servers

While BT Group emphasized that only its BT Conferencing platform had been subjected to an attempted compromise that did not affect its other services, Black Basta claimed to have exfiltrated 500 GB of data from the firm's servers, including user information, personal documents, nondisclosure agreements, financial and organizational details, and other confidential files.

New AWS incident response service unveiled

Aside from utilizing Amazon GuardDuty for automated threat triages, AWS Security Incident Response also features a comprehensive dashboard that enables alert settings and account permission adjustments, as well as incident and metric reviews.

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