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Hackers targeting Drupal vulnerabilities to install the Shellbot Backdoor

Security Affairs

.” The expert observed a large number of HTTP POST requests being sent by the same IP address as part of a widespread cyber-attack. The requests were used by the attackers to download a Perl script to launch the Shellbot backdoor that leverages an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel as C&C.

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Attacks against game companies are up. But why?

SC Magazine

A young woman plays on the Electronic Arts (EA) newest product “Sims2 – Nightlife” at a Computer Gaming Convention on August 18, 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images). People are more invested in their games because so much of their social lives were restricted.”.

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Protecting Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks – Part 1

Security Boulevard

BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. A few years ago, a group of attackers used the Trojan to deploy SCADA-related plugins against victims in energy and ICS/SCADA networks in Ukraine and around the world.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. They can be used to launch spam emails and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, leveraging hundreds of thousands of compromised computers.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2 In one week, the Scientology website is hit with 500 DDoS attacks. .