Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. Which are the challenges of user authentication? In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. User authentication seems easy, but there are inherent challenges to be aware of. User Authentication.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

provides software and hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. Entrust Corp. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSEC) protocols authenticate DNS traffic by adding support for cryptographically signed responses. Additionally, some attackers will use DNS disruptions to conceal more dangerous cyberattacks such as data theft, ransomware preparations, or inserting backdoors into other resources.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Imperva revealed that an undisclosed streaming service was hit by a massive DDoS attack that stopped it for 13 days. day DDoS massive attack powered by a Mirai botnet composed of 402,000 IoT devices. According to Imperva, it was the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack it has ever seen. SecurityAffairs – DDoS, hacking).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? The post Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 30, 2020

For the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), this was the final straw that led to a new warning about 'more destructive' DDoS attacks. FBI warning addresses DDoS amplification attacks. In a recent Private Industry Notification , the FBI warned businesses to watch out for DDoS amplification.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 24, 2022

The bug tracked as CVE-2022-0028 allows attackers to hijack firewalls without authentication, in order to mount DDoS hits on their targets of choice.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

million servers running the RPCBIND service from being used in amplified DDoS attacks. The data showed that a DDoS attack was in progress, coming from port 111 of several servers, all from other countries. Securi ty Affairs – Oracle, DDoS). Oracle has just released a security update to prevent 2.3 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Group-IB discovered a database allegedly belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider DDoS-Guard posted for sale on a cybercrime forum. The database supposedly contains information about DDoS-Guard’s customers, including their names, IP-addresses, and payment information. We’ve seen a number of rogue websites hosted by DDoS-Guard.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 2, 2023

Use a combination of security measures, such as IP address blocking and user authentication. DDoS protection. DDoS attacks can overwhelm your website with traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate users. DDoS protection can help to mitigate the impact of DDoS attacks. Use a more sophisticated CAPTCHA.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Even after years of warnings, changing password requirements, and multiple forms of authentication, password stealing remains a top attack method used by cyber criminals. The latest report from the Ponemon Institute shares that 54% of security incidents were caused by credential theft, followed by ransomware and DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers from SonicWall revealed that hackers are attempting to compromise Linear eMerge E3 smart building access systems to recruit them in a DDoS botnet. CVE-2019-7256 is actively being exploited by DDoS botnet operators. “ Attackers can easily obtain default passwords and identify internet-connected target systems. .

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 10, 2021

Unidentified threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability to hijack home routers as part of an effort to co-opt them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks, merely two days after its public disclosure.

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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. Two-factor authentication helps add a layer of security to your API.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. Just because your Exchange Server doesn’t have internet-facing authentication doesn’t mean it’s protected.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Akamai discovered a new Mirai-based DDoS botnet, named InfectedSlurs, actively exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The probes were of low frequency and appeared to first attempt an authentication via a POST request and then, upon success, attempt a command injection exploitation.”

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

We anticipate an increase in targeting of identities that allow cross-platform authentication as actors recognise the value in compromising identities rather than endpoints. ” [A.C. — this Now, go and read the report! Related posts: Google Cybersecurity Action Team Threat Horizons Report #4 Is Out!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The attack_init function is also discarded, and the ddos attack function is called directly by the command processing function. ssh/authorized_keys file, the attacker can directly log into the remote server without password authentication. The analysis of the ELF sample revealed that it supports DDoS and backdoor commands.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

It’s a type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that uses a script to automatically send messages. If the level of spam they’re receiving makes that impossible, they should set up multi-factor authentication instead. What does a sudden influx of spam emails mean? Spam emails are a security concern.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

VFEmail’s Twitter account responded that “external facing systems, of differing OS’s and remote authentication, in multiple data centers are down.” Strangely, not all VMs shared the same authentication, but all were destroyed. Another series of DDoS attacks in 2017 forced VFEmail to find a new hosting provider.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks cause problems for organizations of all sizes. To fight DDoS attacks, organizations and teams need to implement the three standard phases for any IT threat: preparation, reaction, and recovery. To skip ahead, click on the links: What is a DDoS Attack? Types of DDoS Attacks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

. “The reason that it is infeasible for them to use in-browser injects include browser and OS protection measures, and difficulties manipulating dynamic pages for banks that require multi-factor authentication,” Holden said. ” The user manual says this option blocks the user from accessing their account for two hours.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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. See translation I’m the world’s best-known DDoS attacker for hire (getting ahead of myself here). Our advantages: 1. Tested, tried.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2021

could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication.”. The path traversal vulnerability means that some files on the devices can be accessed without authentication because they fall under a bypass list. The original authors of Mirai were convicted for leasing their botnet out for DDoS attacks and click fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Going deep into the details, the bank’s IT servers were targeted by a DDoS attack that might have been launched by Anonymous Hacking Group or by a team of pro-Ukrainian hacktivists. Good news is that the bank suffered a temporary downtime, but recovered from the incident via a business continuity plan.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers observed both the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets using an exploit for a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways 5.0.2.8. Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Researchers at Netlab have discovered a new botnet that re-uses the Mirai framework to pull vulnerable Android devices into DDoS attacks. The botnet supports DDoS attacks using tcpraw, icmpecho, and udpplain attacks. To perform the DDoS attacks the botnet supports tcpraw, icmpecho, and udpplain attacks. How does Matryosh spread?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This weakness is not specific to Windows but instead exists within the HTTP/2 protocol used by the World Wide Web: Attackers have figured out how to use a feature of HTTP/2 to massively increase the size of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and these monster attacks reportedly have been going on for several weeks now.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2022

Without proper functions, security testing, authentication checks, and input validation, APIs can become a perfect target. For example, Pelton, a fitness company exposed three million customer data due to a flawed API, which allows access to a private account without proper authentication. API Security Breaches are Piling Up.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

.” The phishing emails were informing the recipients of changes in the bank’s security system and asked them to click on an embedded link that redirected them to a landing page that asked them to enter their credentials and TAN (transaction authentication number). ” continues the announcement.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud Storage Security Risks Despite its obvious benefits, cloud storage still faces common challenges, including misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interface, unauthorized access, DDoS attacks, insider threats, lack of control, encryption problems, patching issues, compliance, and monitoring issues.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2022

TB of Russian data Apr 17 – Apr 23 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict. TB of Russian data Apr 17 – Apr 23 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict. TB of Russian data Apr 17 – Apr 23 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

Evidence collected by Cado suggests the deployment of a botnet having DDoS capabilities. This campaign specifically targets SSH servers exposed to the internet with password authentication enabled. The experts discovered several payloads, some of which were not publicly known, that are being used as part of a new ongoing campaign.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to a research carried out by Maryland based Cybersecurity firm Tenable, hackers are targeting millions of home routers to add them to the Mirai botnet radar that is used to launch DDoS Cyber attack campaigns.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Bot protection products can also help prevent DDoS attacks. Limited customization options for smaller businesses.

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