eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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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 The attack was almost three times larger than any previous attack that Cloudflare is aware of, according to Omar Yoachimik, product manager for DDoS protection at Cloudflare. DDoS Attacks on the Rise.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

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. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. Educational institutions are recommended to use anti-DDoS solutions and strong firewall settings, and partner up with ISPs. In early October, a DDoS attack was reported by the PUBG Mobile team. But it dealt with the problem in a matter of minutes.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 4, 2023

Businesses should patch their TP-Link routers as soon as possible, after the revelation that a legendary IoT botnet is targeting them for recruitment. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

Cybersecurity geeks may already know this historical tidbit… The first DDoS attack occurred back in 1999, when a computer at the University of Minnesota suddenly came under attack from a network of 114 other computers infected with a malicious script called Trin00.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

The botnet borrows the code from Tsunami and Gafgyt botnets, it expanded the list of targeted devices and added new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. In the first week of May, the experts also spotted a Mirai variant using the same exploit, but this samples don’t contain any DDoS capabilities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

As most of us know, IoT devices are on the rise in enterprise networks. According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT.

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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. A Pattern of Exploits.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS). What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. Mirai represents a turning point for DDoS attacks: IoT botnets are the new norm.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot malware used to build a botnet capable of carrying Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against game servers. Despite many similarities to the original Mirai source code, this group differs from other IoT malware attacks in that it […].

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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. ” reads the blog post published by Imperva. ” reads the blog post published by Imperva.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the rapid growth of the internet, especially in areas like cloud computing, 5G, and IoT technologies, the scale of botnets continues to expand, intensifying the battle between attack and defense. In response, DDoS attacks have evolved, taking on a more intelligent form to evade security defenses.

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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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There’s no doubt, the increasing use of telemedicine, the explosion of health-based cloud apps, and innovative medical IoT devices are improving the patient care experience. The zero-trust ecosystem protects against malware, ransomware, rogue security software, brute-force attacks, DOS and DDOS attacks, phishing, and rootkit attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Why Healthcare IoT Requires Strong Machine Identity Management. The healthcare industry has been leveraging IoT devices for years, steadily increasing its use in facilities and patient care. By 2027, the IoT in Healthcare market is expected to reach $290 billion , up from just $60 billion in 2019. brooke.crothers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Besides proprietary tools, they’re leveraging MHDDoS, Blood, Karma DDoS, Hasoki, DDoS Ripper and GoldenEye scripts to generate malicious traffic on Layer 7 which may impact the availability of WEB resources. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. The group released sensitive documents and contracts about an IoT botnet, codename Fronton, built by the contractor 0day Technologies. ” continues the report. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 27, 2023

A TP-Link Archer A21 (AX1800) consumer-grade WiFi router vulnerability has been used by Mirai botnet to launch DDoS attacks against IoT devices. The flaw in the TP-Link Archer AX21 firmware was discovered back in December 2022, and the company released a patch in March.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) represents vast opportunities for the public sector. However, as IoT innovation and adoption grows, so do the associated security risks. However, as IoT innovation and adoption grows, so do the associated security risks.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It took advantage of nearly two dozen different security vulnerabilities found in IoT devices and other software. The malware infects devices with a DDoS botnet, which launches powerful attacks against specified targets. The post Zerobot: New Botnet Campaign Exploits Vulnerabilities appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nowadays, everywhere we see IoT devices, showing their popularity and growth. IoT devices frequently perform a series of collect, exchange, process, and react to data tasks. This exposes them to security issues related to vulnerabilities that IoT devices encounter. The post Security Standards in IoT appeared first on Speranza.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Securing Iot, MEC. However, these advancements open the door to new potential threats and vulnerabilities such as kernel bypass, DDOS attacks on 5G service interfaces, cyberattacks on the Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystem, leading to Zero-day exploits, software tampering and API exploits. Work from anywhere, forever .

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

In this blog, we’ll take a look at some of the re-used Mirai modules , their functionality, and the Uptycs EDR detection capabilities of Gafgyt. Gafgyt (also known as Bashlite) is a prominent malware family for *nix systems, which mainly target vulnerable IoT devices like Huawei routers, Realtek routers and ASUS devices.

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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. Mirai hoovers up vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices and adds them to its network of zombie devices, which can then be used to launch huge Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 , has “been hiding in plain sight” for more than 12 years and infects all versions of polkit’s pkexec since it was first developed in 2009, Bharat Jogi, director of vulnerability and threat research at Qualys, wrote in a blog post. Open Source in the Crosshairs.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2021

Decade old tools are still effective and being used by threat actors in a world of easy to build IoT botnets & cheap attack services. appeared first on Radware Blog. The post Are Decade-Old DoS Tools Still Relevant in 2021? The post Are Decade-Old DoS Tools Still Relevant in 2021? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The following are six advantages of IoT in the manufacturing industry. Integrating IoTs into monitoring both equipment settings and the outcomes of each production step helps manufacturers detect quality problems at the source. . Transitioning to a smart factory requires paying close attention to industrial IoT security.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

” reads a blog post published by the expert. It is still unclear why attackers are targeting DNA sequencing apps, the number of these devices is limited (only a few tens of devices exposed online ) and it is unlike that hackers want to use compromise systems to carry out DDoS attacks. Why DNA sequencing apps?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot. Gucci IOT Bot Discovered Targeting European Region. Once again thank you!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., 5G tech will make the IoT a greater part of our everyday lives. Conclusion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. It also has different DDoS functionality. The malware maps each function with a string that represents a potential targeted system — such as a signature, which we’ll explain later in this blog (see figure 3).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Researchers from FortiGuard Labs first discovered the previously undetected RapperBot IoT botnet in August, and reported that it is active since mid-June 2022. In November, Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. Introduction Although ransomware is still a hot topic on which we will keep on publishing, we also investigate and publish about other threats.

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