ESET says it took down a portion of a malware botnet that was secretly mining Monero cryptocurrency. The botnet, named “VictoryGate,” has been active since May 2019, with infections mainly reported in Latin America. Victims include organizations in both public and private sectors, including financial institutions, the researchers said. ESET said it worked with dynamic DNS provider No-IP to take down the malicious command-and-control servers and that it set up fake domains (aka sinkholes) to monitor the botnet’s activity.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/04/usb-drive-botnet-malware.html