SecureList

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. ris , a new botnet capable of carrying out powerful DDoS attacks. For instance, a DDoS attack on a Cloudflare customer (attributed to M?ris) We won't let our #DDoS stop us doing what we love!

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to owners of infected devices. The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2023

The “online criminal marketplace” has been disrupted via several fake Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tools, according to an announcement from The British National Crime Agency (NCA). This is the case with DDoS tools. Not everyone on an underground forum is up to no good. Instead, their data is collected by the NCA.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Botnet operators use infected devices to carry out DDoS attacks or mine cryptocurrency. In Q1 2021, cybercriminals also found a host of new tools for amplifying DDoS attacks. RDP servers listening on UDP port 3389 were used to amplify DDoS attacks. The vendor released a patch when they learned about the problem.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2022

The DDoS landscape in Q1 2022 was shaped by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine: a significant part of all DDoS-related news concerned these countries. In mid-January, the website of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko was hit by a DDoS attack, and the websites of a number of Ukrainian ministries were defaced. News overview.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

He just wants the networking firm to come clean by deleting 20% of BOT accounts it owns and uses for marketing practices. He reiterated the fact that the fake accounts generated from bots are being used by some governments, individuals, states, and countries for malevolent purposes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

The group published tens of screenshots of allegedly stolen Entrust data, including accounting, legal, and marketing data. Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack. The attack was launched by a threat actor ordering Lockbit gang to remove Entrust’s stolen data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market , one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. According to one of the admins of the Grey Market marketplace one of the admins , ‘ theiving ‘, has stolen all the users’ funds the platform stored for the escrow service. “

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You may have heard the acronym DDoS before, but what is it and how can a DDoS attack impact your website? In a DDoS attack, cybercriminals use hacked networks to flood internet servers with traffic, sending more requests than the server can handle. How to Tell if a Site Is Under a DDoS Attack. How to Respond to DDoS.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka spent his early days on Exploit and other forums selling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could knock websites offline for about USD $80 a day. In 2018, Wazawaka registered a slew of domains spoofing the real domain for the Hydra dark web market. The Weblancer account says Wazawaka is currently 33 years old.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If businesses are to survive the growing threat of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, then DDoS protection must evolve quickly and respond even faster. Hackers have no shortage of options when it comes to launching DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks fundamentally require unprotected computers to launch their attacks.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

Ukraine IT Army launched massive DDoS attacks on the EGAIS portal that has a crucial role in Russia’s alcohol distribution. This was reported to Vedomosti by four participants in this market, a representative of a large retailer and an employee of a specialized association.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

The underground market accepts cryptocurrency payments of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash. ” UniCC has filled the void left in the underground carding market after Joker’s Stash, deemed one of the founders of the carding industry in the dark web, voluntarily pulled the plug in February 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

The physical safety of things like airbags, rearview mirrors, and brakes is well accounted for; yet cybersecurity auto safety concerns are rising to the fore. These include ransomware targeting backend servers, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, destructive malware, and even weaponizing charging stations to deploy malware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

A person’s credit card details and account balance are sold for 150 USD if the account balance is under 1000 USD, but 240 if it is under 5000 USD. Stolen Paypal account details, Neteller, PerfectMoney, TransferGo, and other payment services are also on the list. The Cloned Credit Card and Cardholder Data Market.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 30, 2022

From phishing, spamming, ad frauds, data harvesting to DDoS attacks, account takeovers, and brute force attacks, bad bots are leveraged by attackers to orchestrate a wide range of attacks. Skewed Analytics That Lead to Poor Marketing Decisions?. Bad bots harm your business in several ways, some of which are detailed below.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On February 16th, an account linked to that email uploaded a batch of files including marketing documents, images, screenshots, and a substantial collection of WeChat messages exchanged between I-SOON employees and clients. The alleged data breach revealed the capabilities of the China-linked hacking contractor.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. “Installing SpyEYE, ZeuS, any DDoS and spam admin panels,” NeroWolfe wrote. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock. “P.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

.” Dean Marks is executive director and legal counsel for a group called the Coalition for Online Accountability , which has been critical of the NTIA’s stewardship of.US. domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.) “Even very large ccTLDs, like.de

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). The day after that story ran, Ika posted a farewell address to his mates, expressing shock and bewilderment over the apparent compromise of his BlackSEO account. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic. To read this article in full, please click here. Leer más CSO Online. To read this article in full, please click here.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

Evolving from NIS to NIS2 Initially adopted in 2016, the original Network and Information Security Directive (NIS) relied heavily on the discretion of individual member states and lacked accountability. Compliance Marcelo Delima | Senior Manager, Global Solutions Marketing More About This Author > Schema basic Site Studio - Banner

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs SharkBot Banking Trojan spreads through fake AV apps on Google Play China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations A Mirai-based botnet is exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability? million US customers U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

An attacker could use an internal API to launch DDoS attacks against companies by sending large volumes of traffic over a short period. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs. Internal APIs or Private APIs are not Immune. password guessing).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

The findings come in a new paper released by researchers at Cambridge University’s Cybercrime Centre , which examined the quality and types of work needed to build, maintain and defend illicit enterprises that make up a large portion of the cybercrime-as-a-service market.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Market Growth: AI cyber security technology is projected to grow by 23.6% Market Size: The AI cyber security market was worth around $17.4 Cloud Security Concerns: As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, cloud security incidents are on the rise, with misconfigured cloud services accounting for 68% of reported incidents.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. gov adds more Chinese Telecom firms to the Covered List Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The file contained credentials for various business accounts throughout India, including 19 other dealerships, logins to the platform to send marketing-related SMS, tokens, and API keys that give access to internal systems and their own WhatsApp account. env) accessible to the public.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

RedBear’s service is marketed not only to malware creators, but to people who rent or buy malicious software and services from other cybercriminals. 2016 and July 2017 that sought to corner the increasingly lucrative and competitive market for ransomware-as-a-service offerings. is cybercrime forum. ESTRANGED BEDFELLOWS.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Many of the threats faced by gamers are associated with loss of personal data, and particularly, accounts with various gaming services. Nevertheless, as games offer users plenty of in-game goodies and even feature their own currencies, gaming accounts are of particular interest to cybercriminals. Background. Command and Control.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Companies need advanced bot management solutions that can also analyze API calls to protect against account takeovers (ATO), data scraping, and other types of application DoS attacks. Good API protection that takes into account the above recommendations is a great start. Currently, no WAF offers this functionality. “An

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

DDoS attacks surge and cybersecurity professionals keep quiet over breaches. More Details Emerge After Feds, Europol Shakedown Genesis ID Marketplace The FBI and allies from 15 other nations last week shut down the Genesis Market after a two-year effort to penetrate the prolific trading hub for stolen credentials. Attacks on the U.S.

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