The Hacker News

JULY 19, 2022

Russian threat actors capitalized on the ongoing conflict against Ukraine to distribute Android malware camouflaged as an app for pro-Ukrainian hacktivists to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Russian sites.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In our last #AskSecPro article we discussed the differences between a DoS and a DDoS attack. Now that we understand what a DDoS attack is in concept, let’s learn a little more about the mechanisms involved in these attacks. Application Layer DDoS Attacks. This DDoS vector accounts for about 20 percent of all DDoS attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Continuing our #AskSecPro DDoS series where we last discussed Application Layer Attacks , today we’ll focus on some of the most popular protocol-based DDoS attacks we’ve seen hit our customers’ web application firewall , SiteLock TrueShield™ , over the years. Protocol-Based DDoS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Shane Huntley, Director at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed that her team has shared its findings with the campaigns and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. Tbps, the largest DDoS attack of ever. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Google TAG).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

The campaign took place in February and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team was not able to link it to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntley confirmed that the IT giant was able to detect and block all phishing messages. government. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Besides proprietary tools, they’re leveraging MHDDoS, Blood, Karma DDoS, Hasoki, DDoS Ripper and GoldenEye scripts to generate malicious traffic on Layer 7 which may impact the availability of WEB resources.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine. The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. Mar 29 – Compromised WordPress sites launch DDoS on Ukrainian websites.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2022

Going deep into the details, the said country, which is in Northern Europe, has experienced a huge Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, aimed to cripple websites of public and private entities, like the one launched on the Online Citizen Identification System.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

March 10 – Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool. March 8 – Google TAG: Russia, Belarus-linked APTs targeted Ukraine. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation Open (..)

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The handshake process at the beginning of the connection significantly increases the computational power required to form a new connection, which we often see exploited in the form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Message @SiteLock and use the #AskSecPro tag!

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Every item in the inventory gets an RFID tag, and each tag has a unique identification number (UID) with encoded digital information about the item. After RFID readers scan the tags, the data extracted gets transmitted to the cloud for processing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Mirai botnet is exploiting #OMIGOD – they drop a version of Mirai DDoS botnet and then close 5896 (OMI SSL port) from the internet to stop other people exploiting the same box. Tags available to all GN users and customers now. link] — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) September 17, 2021. ” reads a Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

And how to prevent it?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Spur.us , a startup that tracks proxy services, told KrebsOnSecurity that the Internet addresses Lumen tagged as the AVrecon botnet’s “Command and Control” (C2) servers all tie back to a long-running proxy service called SocksEscort. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As for the price tag on the deal, it’s estimated at $200 to $250 million. Imperva is on our list of the top cybersecurity companies and has made a number of our top product lists, including the important DDoS protection market. The company is fairly new, having been launched in 2021. It has raised about $67 million.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks. The Mozi botnet was spotted by security experts from 360 Netlab, at the time of its discovered it was actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A file that attempts to pass itself as ‘image/png’ but does not have the proper.PNG format loads a PHP web shell in compromised sites by replacing the legitimate shortcut icon tags with a path to the fake.PNG file. If not ransomware, then DDoS or possibly both. Extortion on the rise.

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SecureList

MARCH 23, 2023

An incident response playbook is a predefined set of actions to address a specific security incident such as malware infection, violation of security policies, DDoS attack, etc. If the incident data and rule/policy logic mismatch, the incident may be tagged as a false positive.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

There’s a lot of buzz going around in many online communities concerning the recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks the world has witnessed. In Part One we’re going to look at the differences between a denial of service (DoS) and a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Photo credit US Army Spc.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nobody told them that their coffee machine could be hacked into or that their camera could be used to launch a DDoS attack. To put in simple terms, it refers to the process of providing a web application with JavaScript tags on input. Most people who use internet-connected devices are far from being tech-savvy experts.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. 8 Common Cloud Storage Security Risks & Mitigations Cloud storage risks include misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interfaces, DDoS attacks, malware, insider threats, encryption issues, and patching issues.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As we’ve been informed by Google, site speed plays a part in calculating page ranking, so installing WAF software to the web server is often not a viable solution for WordPress websites where site speed is critical, or where protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks is warranted. DDoS is not just a “buzz word.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Now Cybersecurity expert says the next generation of identity theft is here: ‘Identity hijacking’ Were 3 Million Toothbrushes Really Used for a DDoS Attack? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 29, 2022

So, Kremlin was determined to shut down connectivity of Zelensky with the world and so might have launched a Ddos based digital assault on Ukrtelecom. NetBlocks that keeps a track of web downtimes across the world confirmed the news and tagged the attack as most significant from the start of Russian invasion.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

“Looks like somebody tagged you on Twitter pretending to be from ProxyPipe — likely the attacker? But the phone number in that original domain name record was used to register one other domain: zetastress-dot-net (a “stresser” is another name for a DDoS-for-hire-service). Registrant Organization: ZetaSec Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Administrators can group traffic by container , team, or office and filter data by tag, device, or host. Kentik’s solutions can protect core, edge, and cloud networks while adding DDoS and botnet protection, supply chain analytics, and synthetics. Kentik Features. SolarWinds.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

How do you put a price tag on irrecoverable data loss? In order to ensure long-term success online, today’s businesses need to invest in a comprehensive security strategy that includes a web application firewall (WAF), DDoS protection, malware detection and removal, vulnerability patching, and backup. Invest in website backup today.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

CrowdStrike Falcon is on the more expensive side of EDR solutions but its rich features ensure that it’s worth the price tag. It’s on the lower price end of EDR solutions but packs a serious punch for the price tag. But overall it delivers value to match the price tag. McAfee MVISION. CASB benefits.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And that's precisely what this 185th blog post tagging HIBP is - the noteworthy things of the years past, including a few things I've never discussed publicly before. And now, a 10th birthday blog post about what really sticks out a decade later. You know why it's called "Have I Been Pwned"?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

Firepower NGFWs provide advanced malware protection, security intelligence, sandboxing, DDoS mitigation, and a next-generation intrusion prevention system. Overall, it delivers value to match the price tag. This is commonly where distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks take place, making it a critical layer to protect.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

In mid-April the ransomware program announced new capability for affiliates to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets whenever added pressure is needed during ransom negotiations. “The timer it [sic] ticking and in in next 8 hours your price tag will go up to $60 million,” the crooks replied.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 2, 2021

Sources say that the attack was of DDoS genre where fake web traffic is targeted at servers hosting public domains. Security analysts expressed no surprise about the attack against IPAC as they confirmed that the People’s Republic of China has the best apparatus in place to launch DdoS campaigns meant to disrupt its adversaries.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In July 2001, the Code Red Worm attempted to subject the entire Internet to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Eventually, the infected computers were all directed to attempt a DDoS specifically on whitehouse.gov, though the White House managed to sidestep the assault. Welcome to [link] Hacked By Chinese!”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

China-based video surveillance related product offering company Hikvision has issued a security advisory saying that all those using their security cameras and NVRs must know a critical vulnerability on its devices that could allow hackers to take control of the cameras and use them as bots to launch DDoS or other related attacks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

First, they can carry out actual cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks , data theft or destruction, website defacement, and so on. If an attacker is able to obtain these private keys, they could sign their malware, so that the code is trusted and run by MSI computers. It is hard to imagine any future conflict without hacktivist involvement.

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