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Imagine you’re hosting a fancy, suave, peer-to-peer party (just go with it), and an uninvited guest makes quite an entrance – vaulting over your garden fence, causing a commotion. This gatecrasher is P2PInfect, the P2P worm that has been stirring chaos in cyberspace. Since the end of August 2023, this unwanted visitor has been increasingly active, barging into more systems and spreading rapidly. It’s like if a cold virus decided it was tired of small talk and went straight for world domination.
Picture a small child growing 600 times taller in a week. Now if that doesn’t have you reaching for your measuring tape and calculator, I don’t know what will. But hear this – P2PInfect did just that, metaphorically speaking, of course. Between September 12th and 19th, 2023, P2PInfect decided to put on its big-kid pants and saw a monumental 600x jump in activity! It’s the “Honey, I blew up the malware” scenario of our nightmares.
Combine the high activity of P2PInfect with the growing number of its variants seen “wilding out” in cyberspace, and you’ve got a Problem with a capital P. It’s like the malware had a makeover on each of its off days. This is suggesting a pretty intense “behind-the-scenes” activity, creating and releasing new variants at an astonishingly fast rate – the ensemble team of makeup artists, stylists, and designers behind every diva’s stunning looks.
The rate at which the developers of P2PInfect are operating is not just a beat, it’s a frenzy. The rhythm is seriously alarming. You’d think they’re prepping for the Cyber Olympics, with how fast they’re sprinting towards… well, we’re not quite sure what the golden prize is here. One thing’s for sure though: it’s an unsettling parade of malware-starlets strutting their stuff.
In a nutshell or rather, in a computer shell (pun intended), the P2P worm, P2PInfect is having a grand ole’ time. From late August, 2023, the worm’s activity skyrocketed, peaking at a thunderous 600x jump in activity between September 12 and 19. Not just content with the bad boy image, P2PInfect has a wardrobe change faster than you can say “malware,” resulting in multiple variants strutting about in the cyber wild. The tech-pack behind P2PInfect does not bone idle either, they’re hammering away at lightning speed, making it a disconcertingly efficient operation. Beware folks, there’s a wild party in cyberspace, and the gatecrashers are having a field day!
Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/researchers-raise-red-flag-on-p2pinfect.html
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