Botnets dedicated to scientists and engineers

Botnets dedicated to scientists and engineers

Forcepoint Security Labs's Security researchers reported a botnet primarily targeting scientists, engineers, and scholars. They named the botnet Jaku (pdf), named after a planet in Star Wars, because the malware Code mentioned Star Wars. The attacker is considered to have a Korean or Korean background and uses the fake animation seed file of the BT website to infect the victim. The researchers found that 19 thousand of the Victims of malicious programs were from South Korea, 42% from Japan, 31% from China, and 9% from the United States. 3/4 of Windows infected with Jaku run Pirated Windows copies.

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