Microsoft on Thursday flagged a cross-platform botnet that’s primarily designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers.
Called MCCrash, the botnet is characterized by a unique spreading mechanism that allows it to propagate to Linux-based devices despite originating from malicious software downloads on Windows hosts.
“The botnet spreads by
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