Computerworld

Malware authors expand use of domain generation algorithms

Malware authors are increasingly adopting flexible domain generation algorithms (DGAs) in order to evade detection and prevent their botnets from being shut down by security researchers or law ...
Nature

Domain Generation Algorithms and Malicious Domain Detection

Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) represent a significant challenge in contemporary cybersecurity by enabling malware to generate vast numbers of pseudo‐random domain names for maintaining resilient ...
HHS

Octo2 Malware Masquerades as Popular Apps

A new version of the Octo Android malware is spreading across Europe, posing as legitimate apps such as NordVPN and Google Chrome. The latest iteration includes advanced anti-detection mechanisms and ...
Threat Post

Vawtrak Banking Trojan Adds DGA, SSL Pinning

Attackers behind the banking Trojan Vawtrak fortified it with a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and SSL pinning capabilities. Attackers behind the Vawtrak banking Trojan have been keeping busy, ...
Threat Post

New Iteration of TDSS/TDL-4 Botnet Uses Domain Fluxing to Avoid Detection

A new version of the TDSS/TDL-4 botnet is rapidly growing, primarily because it’s having great success using an evasion technique known as a domain generation algorithm (DGA) to avoid detection, ...
Bleeping Computer

DMSniff Point-of-Sale Malware Silently Attacked SMBs For Years

A Point-of-Sale (POS) malware which uses a domain generation algorithm to create command-and-control domains on the fly was deployed in attacks against small and medium-sized businesses during the ...
Ars Technica

Latest Gameover botnet lays low, looking to resist takedown

In early July, a group of cyber criminals released a modified version of the Gameover ZeuS banking trojan, using a technique known as a domain generation algorithm (DGA) to make disrupting the botnet ...
WeLiveSecurity

Windigo Still not Windigone: An Ebury Update

Back in February 2014, ESET researchers wrote a blog post about an OpenSSH backdoor and credential stealer called Linux/Ebury. Further research showed that this component was the core of an operation ...
PC World

Web Attackers Borrow Domain Generation Tricks From Botnet-type Malware

Hackers have started to adopt domain-generation techniques normally used by botnet-type malware in order to prolong the life of Web-based attacks, according to security researchers from antivirus firm ...
PC World

Malware Authors Expand Use of Domain Generation Algorithms to Evade Detection

Malware authors are increasingly adopting flexible domain generation algorithms (DGAs) in order to evade detection and prevent their botnets from being shut down by security researchers or law ...
InfoWorld

Malware authors expand use of domain generation algorithms to evade detection

Malware authors are increasingly adopting flexible domain generation algorithms (DGAs) in order to evade detection and prevent their botnets from being shut down by security researchers or law ...