Leading security software vendor, PC Tools revealed that it has identified a new variant of the Kraken bot, also known as Bobax, and has disclosed the source code of its key component. The new variant employs new techniques to evade detection which makes this latest Kraken bot a significant threat.
“PC Tools are revealing the details of the latest Kraken variant including the new list of domain names as well as the mathematical algorithm used. The source code of the Kraken domain name generation algorithm is disclosed in the interests of congregating all the knowledge about this bot so that other security specialists can benefit from it,” said Sergei Shevchenko, Senior Malware Researcher, PC Tools. “The more collective knowledge security vendors have over this threat, the greater the chance the industry has of defeating it,” said Shevchenko.
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