Trik botnet

Trik botnet — Threat Actor Profile | ObscureIQ

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Trik botnetConfidence: High

Botnet / malware operator

Also known as: Phorpiex, Trik

Motivation: Financial

1Attributed Breaches Circulating

HighAttribution Confidence

Botnet / malware operatorActor Type

Overview

Operators of the Phorpiex (Trik) worm and spam botnet active since ~2010, used to deliver malware and run extortion spam. A June 2018 misconfigured C2 server exposed 43M+ email addresses used for malspam distribution.

Tactics, Targeting & TTPs

In June 2018 a misconfigured Trik C2 server exposed 43M+ email addresses used for malspam distribution (the Trik Spam Botnet breach in HIBP).

Source

Attribution draws on public threat-intelligence reporting · Established (multi-source). Primary source →

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