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Here’s how anyone with $20 can hire an IoT botnet to blast out a week-long DDoS attack

The Last Watchdog

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to erupt all across the Internet showing not the faintest hint of leveling off, much less declining, any time soon. Related video: How DDoS attacks leverage the Internet’s DNA. DDoS attacks are evolving to become more diverse. GitHub’s logo. But that’s not all.

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Ukraine’s SBU arrested a member of Pro-Russia hackers group ‘Cyber Army of Russia’

Security Affairs

The hacktivists group is known for having launched DDoS attacks against Western organizations and Ukrainian government agencies. Apart from conducting DDoS attacks, the man is suspected of disclosing strategic information to Russian intelligence. The news was first reported by The Record Media.

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Massive DDos attack hit Telegram, company says most of junk traffic is from China

Security Affairs

Encrypted messaging service Telegram was hit by a major DDoS attack apparently originated from China, likely linked to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. Telegram was used by protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations against China that would allow extraditions from the country to the mainland.

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Moobot Botnet Chews Up Hikvision Surveillance Systems

Threatpost

Attackers are milking unpatched Hikvision video systems to drop a DDoS botnet, researchers warned.

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A Florida Teen Shut Down Remote School With a DDoS Attack

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: Predictive policing taken even farther, Amazon surveillance of private Facebook groups, and more of the week’s top security news.

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Unsupervised Learning: No. 234

Daniel Miessler

THIS WEEK’S TOPICS: Ripple20 IoT Vulns, Homeland Security Surveillance, US Cyber Budget, Adobe EOL, AWS DDoS, Bellingcat Poison Investigation, Technology News, Human News, Ideas Trends & Analysis, Discovery, Recommendations, and the Weekly Aphorism…. Subscribe To Podcast. Show Notes. Newsletter. All Episodes. —.

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Beastmode Mirai botnet now includes exploits for Totolink routers

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai -based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. CVE-2017-17215 targets Huawei HG532 routers.

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