Tag: Phorpiex

An ancient botnet, long relegated to the periphery of collective memory, has re-emerged with a lethality far exceeding previous estimations. The Phorpiex network, a fixture of the threat landscape since 2011, has not merely endured but has transmuted into a versatile instrument for large-scale incursions, extortion, and the illicit exfiltration of cryptocurrency. Researchers at Bitsight…