June 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Notorious Phorpiex Botnet Rises Again, Doubling Its Global Impact

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June 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Notorious Phorpiex Botnet Rises Again, Doubling Its Global Impact on Organizations
Check Point Research finds sharp increase in attacks using the Phorpiex Botnet delivering new ‘Avaddon’ ransomware via malspam campaigns
July 10, 2020
https://www.checkpoint.com/press/20...-doubling-its-global-impact-on-organizations/

Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for June 2020.

Researchers found that in the past month the Phorpiex botnet has been delivering the Avaddon ransomware, a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) variant that emerged in early June, via malspam campaigns, causing it to jump up 13 places to 2nd in the Top Malware listing and doubling its impact on organizations worldwide compared to May.

As reported previously by Check Point researchers, Phorpiex is known for spreading large-scale sextortion malspam campaigns, as well distributing other malware families.
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Meanwhile, the Agent Tesla remote access trojan and info-stealer continued to have a significant impact throughout June, moving up from 2nd place in May to 1st place, while the XMRig cryptominer remains in 3rd place for the second month running.

“In the past, Phorpiex, also known as Trik, was monetized by distributing other malware such as GandCrab, Pony or Pushdo, using its hosts to mine cryptocurrency, or for sextortion scams. It’s now being used to spread a new ransomware campaign,” said Maya Horowitz, Director, Threat Intelligence & Research, Products at Check Point.
Top malware families [...]
See the complete list of the top 10 malware families in June.
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