DDoS Botnet Attack Electrum That Takes 152,000 Hosts on its Control

DDoS botnet attack that targets one of the most popular bitcoin wallet Electrum reaches 152,000 infected hosts. Electrum users are continuously targeting by a series of phishing attacks since last Dec 2018 and stolen over $4 million USD at current exchange rates. Researchers from Malwarebytes uncovered the two distribution campaigns (RIG exploit kit and Smoke Loader) that associate with this botnet dropping the ElectrumDoSMiner malware. Attackers mainly targeting the Asia Pacific region (APAC), especially most bots are located in Brazil and Peru.”]

Source: https://gbhackers.com/newly-emerging-ddos-botnet-attack-electrum-that-takes-152000-hosts-on-its-control/