The Ebury botnet has been a significant force in the world of cyber crime, targeting unpatched servers and subsequently infecting them to steal sensitive data. ESET, a well-known internet security company, in collaboration with the Dutch Police, have exposed an operation by this botnet which involved stealing cryptocurrency.
Ebury’s botnet operation is sophisticated. It infects servers and uses them to mine for cryptocurrency, essentially harnessing their computing power without the owners’ knowledge or consent. The stolen cryptocurrency