News report

# Ramnit Botnet Returns

SecurityWeek, December 23, 2015. Ramnit resurgence: IBM Security's finding of a new Ramnit variant on command-and-control infrastructure distinct from the one sinkholed in the February 2015 Europol-coordinated takedown.

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** December 23, 2015

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** SecurityWeek

**Published:** December 23, 2015

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.securityweek.com/ramnit-botnet-returns/](https://www.securityweek.com/ramnit-botnet-returns/)

**What it supports:** Ramnit resurgence: IBM Security's finding of a new Ramnit variant on command-and-control infrastructure distinct from the one sinkholed in the February 2015 Europol-coordinated takedown

**Dataset id:** src\_securityweek\_ramnit\_returns\_2015

## Research notes

- By Eduard Kovacs.
- published\_on taken from the page's schema.org datePublished (2015-12-23T08:29:11+00:00).

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## Cited by

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[Ramnit botnet return on new C2 infrastructure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/ramnit-botnet-disruption)

Same service on replacement infrastructure, Ramnit botnet disruption

Later outcome

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