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Muddling Meerkat, a mysterious DNS Operation involving China’s Great Firewall

Security Affairs

The threat actors appear to have the capability to control China’s Great Firewall and were observed utilizing a novel technique involving fake DNS MX records. However, low-volume attacks resembling Slow Drip DDoS attacks have persisted since then. The experts noticed a spike in activity observed in September 2023.

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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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How to Stop a DDoS Attack on Your Website

SiteLock

In a matter of minutes, a distributed denial-of-service — or DDoS — attack can bring your website traffic to a grinding halt. DDoS attacks are growing in both size and frequency. Major attacks saw a 967% increase between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. Why Is a DDoS Attack Destructive?

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DDoS Attacks Skyrocket, Kaspersky Researchers Say

eSecurity Planet

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks soared in the third quarter, giving organizations yet another cyber threat to worry about. Even the slowest days saw 500 DDoS attacks; the busiest day, Aug. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks. DDoS Attackers Target Middleboxes, UDP.

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M?ris Bot infects MikroTik routers compromised in 2018

Security Affairs

Last week, the Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown. The DDoS attack was launched by a new DDoS botnet tracked as M?ris

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DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

SecureList

In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. Educational institutions are recommended to use anti-DDoS solutions and strong firewall settings, and partner up with ISPs. In early October, a DDoS attack was reported by the PUBG Mobile team. But it dealt with the problem in a matter of minutes.

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FBI warns cyber actors abusing protocols as new DDoS attack vectors

Security Affairs

The FBI issued an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been exploited to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that abused new network protocols. continues the report.

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