It seems like the floodgates have truly opened for Shellshock-related attacks. We have reported on different attacks leveraging the Bash bug vulnerability, ranging from botnet attacks to IRC bots. We have also mentioned that we spotted Shellshock exploit attempts in Brazil. It appears that these attempts were not limited to that country alone. We saw…
Read MoreGiven the severity of the Bash vulnerability, also known as Shellshock, it is no wonder that we’re seeing a lot of attacks leveraging this. Just hours after this vulnerability was reported, malware payload such as ELF_BASHLITE.A emerged in the threat landscape. Other payload like PERL_SHELLBOT.WZ and ELF_BASHLET.A were also spotted in the wild, which have capabilities to…
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