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Cloudflare mitigated new record-breaking DDoS attack of 3.8 Tbps

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Cloudflare recently mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 Cloudflare reported that starting from early September, it has mitigated over 100 hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks, with many exceeding 2 billion Pps and 3 Tbps. The largest DDoS attack peaked at 3.8 The largest DDoS attack peaked at 3.8

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Akamai prevented the largest DDoS attack on a US financial company

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Akamai announced it has mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a U.S. Cybersecurity firm Akamai successfully identified and prevented a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed, leading American financial institution. financial company. gigabits per second.

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Mirai-based DDoS botnet IZ1H9 added 13 payloads to target routers

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A Mirai-based DDoS botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new exploits to target routers from different vendors, including D-Link, Zyxel, and TP-Link. Below is the list of exploit payloads added to the bot: D-Link: CVE-2015-1187 , CVE-2016-20017 , CVE-2020-25506 , and CVE-2021-45382. ” concludes the analysis.

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Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked

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Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. A note posted by a Verified forum administrator concerning the hack of its registrar in January. The forum was hacked through the domain registrar.

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Enemybot, a new DDoS botnet appears in the threat landscape

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Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Enemybot).

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HelloKitty ransomware gang also targets victims with DDoS attacks

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According to the alert, the ransomware gang is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks as part of its extortion activities. In some cases, if the victim does not respond quickly or does not pay the ransom, the threat actors will launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the victim company’s public facing website.”

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New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems

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Qihoo 360’s Netlab detailed a new evolving DDoS botnet called Abcbot with wormable capabilities that targets Linux systems. Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team have spotted a new botnet, tracked as Abcbot, that targets Linux systems to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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