RapperBot Campaign Launches DDoS Attacks on Game Servers

Threat Advisories

RapperBot Campaign Launches DDoS Attacks on Game Servers

Threat Level
Attack Report

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Summary

The new RapperBot malware version creates a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The latest version can launch Telnet brute-force strikes, DoS attacks using the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling protocol, and UDP floods against game servers.