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KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. KmsdBot supports multiple architectures, including as Winx86, Arm64, and mips64, x86_64, and does not stay persistent to avoid detection. Use public key authentication for your SSH connections. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

As if that were not enough, many IoT devices have unalterable main passwords set by manufacturers. Dark web services: DDoS attacks, botnets, and zero-day IoT vulnerabilities Of all IoT-related services offered on the dark web, DDoS attacks are worth examining first. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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The 2022 ThreatLabz State of Ransomware Report

Security Boulevard

Multiple-extortion attacks that utilize data theft, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, customer communications, and more as layered extortion tactics to increase ransom payouts. Manufacturing was the most targeted industry for the second straight year, making up almost 20% of double-extortion ransomware attacks.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

We foresee regulations expanding beyond authentication and data privacy, and into more detailed requirements of network security and visibility into device bills of materials. not located behind routers or firewalls) to conduct future DDoS attacks on data centers and cloud services or for crypto currency mining purposes.

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5 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

Such attacks typically entail business, manufacturing, ecologic, or economic disciplines that drop beyond the standard bounds of a fraud. Bots and fraudsters will locate the weak points in your architecture. . Verify that there are no software injection, encryption, and authentication attacks. Authentication frauds.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web. Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian.

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Best Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Tools

eSecurity Planet

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can cripple an organization, a network, or even an entire country, and they show no sign of slowing down. DDoS attacks may only make up a small percentage of security threats, but their consequences can be devastating. According to Imperva Research Labs, DDoS attacks tend to come in waves.

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