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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Krebs on Security

AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. In 2011, researchers at Kaspersky Lab showed that virtually all of the hacked systems for rent at AWM Proxy had been compromised by TDSS (a.k.a An example of a cracked software download site distributing Glupteba. Image: Google.com. But on Dec.

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How DoS/DDoS Attacks Impact Machine Identity, Digital Certificates

Security Boulevard

How DoS/DDoS Attacks Impact Machine Identity, Digital Certificates. But OCSP also creates a favorable attack vector which threat actors have exploited directly by mounting DoS/DDoS attacks. OCSP is an internet protocol which browsers use to determine the revocation status of digital certificates that are deployed on websites. .

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Number of hacktivist attacks declined by 95 percent since 2015

Security Affairs

“Yet amid all the concern, there is one threat trend that our data suggests has been on the decline: hacktivism — the subversive use of internet-connected devices and networks to promote a political or social agenda.” and Turkey have arrested at least 62 hacktivists since 2011, but the actual number could be greater.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

NEROWOLFE A search on the ICQ number 669316 at Intel 471 shows that in April 2011, a user by the name NeroWolfe joined the Russian cybercrime forum Zloy using the email address d.horoshev@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Voronezh, RU. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. “P.S. .”

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

With two options to choose from, the Web Application Protector (WAP) offers DDoS protection , bot management, and is pre-configured to detect the latest threats. Users praised Imperva for its DDoS protection capabilities as well as rule-based controls and signatures. 5 star rating over 208 user reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

For many years, Ika held a key position at one of Russia’s largest Internet service providers, and his (mostly glowing) reputation as a reliable provider of web hosting to the Russian cybercrime community gave him an encyclopedic knowledge about nearly every major player in that scene at the time.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. For customers looking to bundle, Huawei offers vulnerability scanning , WAFs, and advanced DDoS protection. The DBSS database audit supports eight database types including MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

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