{"id":2774,"date":"2017-12-05T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2017-12-05T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:46:33","slug":"feds-shut-down-longest-running-andromeda-botnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2774","title":{"rendered":"Feds Shut Down ‘Longest-Running’ Andromeda Botnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a coordinated International cyber operation, Europol with the help of international law enforcement agencies has\u00a0taken down<\/a>\u00a0what it called “one of the longest-running malware families in existence” known as Andromeda.<\/p>\n

Andromeda<\/b>, also known as Win32\/Gamarue, is an infamous HTTP-based modular botnet that has been around for several years now, and infecting computers with it’s malicious intentions ever since.<\/p>\n

The primary goal of Andromeda bot is to distribute other malware families for mass global malware attacks.<\/p>\n

The botnet has been associated with at least 80 malware families, and in the last six months, it was detected (or blocked) on an average of more than 1 million machines per month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In a coordinated International cyber operation, Europol with the help of international law enforcement agencies has\u00a0taken down\u00a0what it called “one of the longest-running malware families in existence” known as Andromeda. Andromeda, also known as Win32\/Gamarue, is an infamous HTTP-based modular botnet that has been around for several years now, and…<\/p>\n

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