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Only one of the domains is the real C2 server and the rest are decoys. A sample we analyzed issued HTTP GET and/or POST requests with encoded and encrypted HTTP data to 17 domains ...

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Over 9% of devices that generated C2 traffic did so to domain names associated with known ransomware threats. Of these, REvil and LockBit were the most common ones.

DGA (domain generation algorithm) is an established method of generating unique domain names and IP addresses to serve as new C2 communication points. The goal is to evade detection and blocklists.

In other words, every time a C2 domain gets taken down, Glupteba can automatically reconstitute via a new domain address sent through the gang’s crypto wallets.

The VShell binary also led the team to a new UNC5174 domain, this one spoofing Google (googlespays[.]com), which matched the pattern of the Chinese spies' current C2 domain along with parameters ...

Infoblox says that Revolver Rabbit is controlling more than 500,000 .BOND top-level domains that are used to create both decoy and live C2 servers for the malware.

Looking at its command-and-control (C2) domain registration and other sample data, this trickster appears to have been cooked up in the second half of 2021, they added.