Korea

Researchers have spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Researchers from AhnLab’s Security Emergency-response Center (ASEC) spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Vxers use GoLang because it is easy and allows the development of cross-platform malicious codes. The DDoS IRC Bot strains are disguised as adult games and are being installed via platforms commonly used for the distribution of malware in Korea, so-called webhards. Webhards were...