Necurs botnet

The Necurs botnet is a distributor of many pieces of malware, most notably Locky.

Reports

Around June 1, 2016, the botnet went offline, perhaps due to a glitch in the command and control server running Necurs. However, three weeks later, Jon French from AppRiver discovered a spike in spam emails, signifying either a temporary spike in the botnet's activity or return to its normal pre-June 1 state.[1][2]

Distributed malware[3]

• Bart
• Dridex
• Locky
• RockLoader
• Globeimposter

See also

• Conficker
• Command and control (malware)
• Gameover ZeuS
• Operation Tovar
• Timeline of computer viruses and worms
• Tiny Banker Trojan
• Torpig
• Zeus (malware)
• Zombie (computer science)

References

1. French, Jon. "Necurs BotNet Back With A Vengeance Warns AppRiver". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
2. "Pump and dump spam: Incapta Inc (INCT)". Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.
3. "Hackers behind Locky and Dridex start spreading new ransomware". Retrieved 27 June 2016.