eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 Within seconds [of the onset of the attack], the botnet bombarded the Cloudflare edge with over 330 million attack requests,” Yoachimik wrote in a blog post this week. A Significant Attack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Experts from Palo Alto Networks discovered that the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets are targeting a vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways. “I recently came across new Hoaxcalls and Mirai botnet campaigns targeting a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Symantec Secure Web Gateway 5.0.2.8,

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

Conti makes international news headlines each week when it publishes to its dark web blog new information stolen from ransomware victims who refuse to pay an extortion demand. On top of that, the NSA stuffed millions of bogus records about new victims into the Trickbot database. On Sunday, Feb. It’s just some kind of sabotage.”

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

They're totally free and they have a really cool anonymity API that ensures no useful information about the password being searched for is ever exposed. link] - @troyhunt think this one is an interesting read, maybe worthy of a blog post. link] - @troyhunt think this one is an interesting read, maybe worthy of a blog post.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 11, 2023

After all, there are more than 1.1 It does not matter if your website is a personal blog, is dedicated to your local book club, is full of guides about spread vs moneyline betting , or is a massive corporation like Amazon or Netflix , the security of your little corner of the internet should be your number one priority.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. For all the benefits of connectivity, there are, of course, challenges. This makes them attractive targets for botnets, crypto-miners, and takeover attacks. Think about IoT devices and the components within them, such as electronic control units (ECU) and the gateways that aggregate and transfer data.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Bots represent over 60 percent of all website traffic. Bad bots represent over 35 percent of all bot traffic. If you spend time reading blogs, you’ve probably spent some time perusing the comment section. Comment spam bots are bad bots that post spam in blog comments promoting items like shoes, cosmetics and Viagra.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2023

It is a practice performed by certain dubious advertising networks, where they sometimes use automated programs—from simple to sophisticated bots and botnets—to interact with advertisements online. The campaign To start things up, visitors are lured to several fake blogs about topics they might find interesting.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

The additional result of these hacks include: •51% had their information phished •43% had credit card information stolen •35% had their username and password stolen •17% had their identity stolen or cloned Additionally, the study found that a large majority of Americans (75%) harbor genuine concerns about visiting websites that do not look secure.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Here’s what all companies and individuals should fully grasp about our IoT systems under attack, post Covid-19. Most companies have only a vague sense of all of the IoT sensors tied into their networks, and each device represents an access path beckoning intruders. Each one of us will have to cooperate and make sacrifices.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As you may already know, the business, tech, and cybersecurity industries have been buzzing about Log4Shell ( CVE-2021-44228 ), aka Logjam, the latest software flaw in an earlier version of the Apache Log4j logging utility. It is essential to continuously return to that blog post for updates. The attack surface is incredibly broad.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2021

A few weeks ago we blogged about a vulnerability in home routers that was weaponized by the Mirai botnet just two days after disclosure. Same botnet, same operator? Mirai is the name of the malware behind one of the most active and well-known IoT botnets. Stay safe, everyone!

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts. His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. And since Dyn routed traffic, not just to Krebs’ blog, but also to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit and PayPal, those popular websites were offline for some 12 hours, frustrating millions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

The Necurs Botnet continues to evolve, a new strategy aims at hiding in the shadows, and leverages new payloads to recruits new bots. According to the experts, the Necurs botnet is currently composed of roughly 570,000 bots distributed globally, most of them in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkey, and Iran.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybercriminals are quickly ramping up efforts to exploit the critical flaw found in the widely used Log4j open-source logging tool, targeting everything from cryptomining to data theft to botnets that target Linux systems. All threat actors need to trigger an attack is one line of text. Botnets Strike. Log4j attack traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

According to a report by CrowdStrike , there was a 35 percent year-over year growth in 2021 of malware targeting these devices, and the XorDDoS, Mirai and Mozi families were responsible for 22 percent of all Linux-based IoT malware. All told, identified samples of all three jumped in 2021 from 33 percent for Sora to 83 percent for Rekai.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

The enterprise software and cloud giant said in a blog post this week that during the last six months of the year, there was a 40 percent increase in the number of DDoS attacks worldwide over the first half of 2021, with an average of 1,955 attacks per day and a maximum of 4,296 on Aug. Two Other Big DDoS Attacks. Tbps mark. “We

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In addition, Hafnium “has been observed utilizing the vulnerability to attack virtualization infrastructure to extend their typical targeting,” the researchers wrote in the blog post. “In Bitdefender researchers wrote in a blog post that early exploit attempts have involved cryptojacking and botnets, such as the Muhstik botnet.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, such as those exploited by a pair of botnets, highlight the hazards of unpatched devices and the need for patch management. MFA should be enabled for all VPN users. Logging can give crucial information about infiltration attempts and can help with forensic investigations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

According to the government, that database contained a large number of credit card numbers and stolen credentials from the Trickbot botnet, as well as information about infected machines available as bots. But what about new hires that aren’t hip to exactly how the programs they’re being asked to create get used?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

The vulnerability was discovered by Wiz Research which determined that about 25% of multi-tenant applications turned out to be vulnerable. “We found several high-impact, vulnerable Microsoft applications. 20, 2023 – MSRC states that all the reported applications are now fixed Mar. Below is the disclosure timeline: Jan.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

“Chainalysis has traced more than $46 million worth of funds in NetWalker ransoms since it first came on the scene in August 2019,” the company said in a blog post detailing its assistance with the investigation. A fully automated blog where the victim’s dumped data is directed. ” Image: Chainalysis.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In late 2016, the world witnessed the sheer disruptive power of Mirai , a powerful botnet strain fueled by Internet of Things (IoT) devices like DVRs and IP cameras that were put online with factory-default passwords and other poor security settings. A rendering of Xiongmai’s center in Hangzhou, China. Source: xiongmaitech.com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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SC Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

The discovery set off alarm bells – yet Dragos, as it explained in this company blog post – ultimately determined that its discovery was unrelated to the Oldsmar incident , in which an actor exploited TeamViewer to hijack plant controls and then tried to increase the amount of lye in the water to dangerous levels. Sergio Caltagirone, Dragos.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s been a while since the world first started hearing about Denial of Service attacks. And nearly 15 years later they’re still a very potent threat to businesses of all sizes, with DDoS protection being a necessity for many. When Did The Need for DDoS Protection Begin? An Explanation Of DDoS. So what is the dreaded DDoS?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Uptycs has already shared details about remediation and detection steps for its customers in the previous blog. In this blog post, we will talk about various malware categories that attackers are taking advantage of the Log4j vulnerability. DDoS botnet payloads. About the author: Uptycs Threat Research.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

Uptycs’ threat research team recently detected several variants of the Linux-based botnet malware family, “ Gafgyt ,”some of them re-used Mirai code. . Upon analysis, we identified several codes, techniques and implementations of Gafgyt, re-used from the infamous Mirai botnet. Figure 2: UDP flooder module. TCP flood module.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

Enterprises are all too eager to tap into the resultant operating efficiencies. Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. Researchers at Avast recently shared intelligence about seven new Mirai variants they’ve tracked in the wild.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

As the Orca blog points out, you may well have been vulnerable to this problem before Microsoft fixed it if you used the Automation service and the related managed identity function was enabled by default. Depending on the setup, attackers may be able to impact multiple people and companies all in one go.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A persisting botnet with a cryptomining payload and more Infects via emails, brute force, exploits and more Removes competing malware, ensuring they’re the only infection. The bad news is that hackers are spreading the love and targeting businesses of all sizes. Discover more about 2021’s Nastiest Malware on the Webroot Community.

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Elie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This blog post shed light on the inner workings of the ransomsphere economics and exposes which cybercriminal groups are the biggest earners. This is the second blog post in my series about ransomware economics. previous blog post about our methodology. Ransomware is a winner-take-all market. The first post.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactured by at least 17 vendors. . Tenable First to Disclose Flaw. ” Multiple Threats.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 8, 2022

And the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an operation that successfully disrupted a botnet controlled by the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) known as Cyclops Blink. Microsoft discusses in a recent blog post: "Strontium was using this infrastructure to target Ukrainian institutions including media organizations.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2018

The security of pretty much every computer on the planet has just gotten a lot worse, and the only real solution -- which of course is not a solution -- is to throw them all away and buy new ones. By now all the major cloud vendors have patched their systems against the vulnerabilities that can be patched against.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybaze -Yoroi ZLab analyze a new GoLang botnet named GoBrut, the investigation allowed to discover that the bot supports a lot more features. The remote destination points an netherland Provider, ISPIRIA Networks Ltd, hosting the command and control server of the botnet. Investigating the Botnet. Introduction.

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