Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

But DDoS attacks are often executed to make a statement, harm a competitor, or in some cases, shut down operations while installing malware or ransomware. The number of DDoS attacks is on the rise lately; thus, companies must […]. The post What is a DDoS Attack? The post What is a DDoS Attack?

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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

MAY 26, 2023

Researchers spotted a new botnet dubbed Dark Frost that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the gaming industry. Researchers from Akamai discovered a new botnet called Dark Frost that was employed in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Gbps through a UDP flood attack.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The “RapperBot” malware group has been rapidly expanding since mid-June 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.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

A DDoS botnet dubbed AndoryuBot has been observed exploiting an RCE, tracked as CVE-2023-25717, in Ruckus access points. The activity is associated with a known DDoS botnet tracked as AndoryuBot that first appeared in February 2023. The bot supports multiple DDoS attack techniques and uses SOCKS5 proxies for C2 communications.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

All these are the effects of a DDoS attack endured lately with the […]. The post LockBit Malware Group Threatens with Triple Extortion appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Security firm Cloudflare successfully detected and mitigated a DDoS attack that peaked at 17.2 Omer Yoachimik, Product Manager of Cloudflare's DDoS Protection Service, discusses the scale of the attack: "For perspective on how large this attack was: Cloudflare serves over 25 million HTTP requests per second on average.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Is your organization prepared to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against mission-critical cloud-based applications? A DDoS attack is a cyber attack that uses bots to flood the targeted server or application with junk traffic, exhausting its resources and disrupting service for real human users. Source: Testbytes.

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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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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2022

Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. The post GUEST ESSAY: How amplified DDoS attacks on Ukraine leverage Apple’s Remote Desktop protocol appeared first on Security Boulevard. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For the last month, a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet has been attacking the Russian internet company Yandex. ris Botnet Breaks DDoS Record appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. ris Botnet Breaks DDoS Record appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. million requests per second. The post M?ris

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. ” reads a blog post published by Tutanota.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A recently discovered malware called LilithBot is linked to the Eternity group, Zscaler researchers claim. Earlier this year, Eternity Project came up on a Telegram channel advertising a toolkit which included a stealer, miner, clipper, ransomware, worm spreader, and a DDoS bot.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 8, 2021

There seem to be no boundaries for ransomware innovation as cybercrime gangs, such as REvil Ransomware (aka Sodinokibi), are always looking for new ways to make crypto-locking malware even more profitable.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. Here’s a look at one long-lived malware vulnerability testing service that is used and run by some of the Dark Web’s top cybercriminals. RedBear’s profile on the Russian-language xss[.]is

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Heimadal Security

MAY 13, 2022

The ‘Eternity Project,’ a new malware-as-a-service, allows cybercriminals to buy a malware toolkit that can be “personalized” with various modules depending on the type of cyberattack being carried out.

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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. Experts pointed out that the malware is being actively developed.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

This became abundantly clear last year as malware attacks on IoT devices emerged as a fast-rising threat. In this blog post, we’ll explore the potential impact of IoT malware on the public sector — a story of innovation, risk, and the need for resilience. and East Asia.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

Entrust blog still down on your left and official statement on your right. Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack. According to the security research group VX-Underground, the DDoS attacks against Tor sites of the gang were launched by someone linked to Entrust.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

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Graham Cluley

JULY 20, 2022

An app which purported to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the internet infrastructure of Russia, was in reality secretly installing malware on to the devices of pro-Ukrainian activists. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

Researchers discovered a sophisticated malware framework, dubbed NetDooka, distributed via a pay-per-install (PPI) malware service known as PrivateLoader. The PrivateLoader malware is a downloader used by threat actors for downloading and installing multiple malware. ” reads a report published by Trend Micro.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A new variant of the Mirai-based Medusa DDoS (distributed denial of service) botnet has been discovered in the wild, equipped with a ransomware module and a Telnet brute-forcer.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. With that, here are the 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. The post Discover 2022’s Nastiest Malware appeared first on Webroot Blog. 2022 was no different.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 4, 2022

The malware focuses on DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) cyberattacks, ransomware distribution, and UAC bypass. The post New RAT Dubbed Borat Emerging on the Cyberthreat Landscape appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Borat, a new remote access trojan (RAT) with easy-to-use capabilities has emerged on the darknet markets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot , also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. also support backdoor capabilities.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. “This is all about showing people there are other paths they can take.” FLATTENING THE CURVE.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). Now, go and read the report!

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

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. It took advantage of nearly two dozen different security vulnerabilities found in IoT devices and other software.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 2, 2023

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. Malware scanning. Malware scanning can help to detect and remove malicious software from your website.

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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. This release noted that DDoS “is only one of the many capabilities of the system.” “Nisos research focused on the distribution of the numerous content types. ” continues the report.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Uptycs researchers have observed attacks related to miners, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging LogforShell flaw in log4j. So far we have observed attacks related to coinminers, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging this vulnerability. DDoS botnet payloads.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. The channel was used to share information about malware listings and updates. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Bad bots perform malicious tasks such as, DDoS attacks, website scraping and comment spam. 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. Botnets and DDoS Attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals are constantly crawling the web for targets, and they’ll often go after websites you might not expect, such as a vegan cooking blog. Abby’s Flower Shop Delivers Fresh Malware to Your Door. One day, much to Abby’s surprise, she was notified by her hosting provider that her website was suspended due to malware.

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