MyKings botnet: It is still active and brings a lot of profits to its operators

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MyKings botnet

MyKings is one of the botnets that have been studied in detail in recent years and is of particular interest to researchers thanks to Huge infrastructure and its many features, including bootkits, miners, droppers, clipboard stealers and more.

Most recently, the MyKings botnet was analyzed by its researchers Avast Threat Labs. The researchers collected 6.700 unique samples for analysis as early as 2020.

At the same time, Avast prevented more than 144.000 MyKings attacks on its customers. Most of the target customers are in Russia, India and Pakistan.

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