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MCCrash Cross-Platform Botnet

Updated on 2022-12-16

Microsoft warned of a cross-platform botnet, MCCrash, launching DDoS attacks against private Minecraft servers. The tech giant tracks the threat actor as DEV-1028. Read more: MCCrash: Cross-platform DDoS botnet targets private Minecraft servers

Updated on 2022-12-15

Microsoft has a report on MCCrash, an IoT botnet operated by the DEV-1028 threat actor and used to launch DDoS attacks against private Minecraft servers. Read more: MCCrash: Cross-platform DDoS botnet targets private Minecraft servers

Overview: MCCrash Cross-Platform Botnet

Researchers from Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence have detected a cross-platform botnet that infects both Windows and Linux machines. Known as MCCrash, the botnet has been used to take down Minecraft servers and launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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