Graham Cluley

JULY 23, 2024

It has been revealed that earlier this month a website which offered a DDoS-for-hire service was taken offline by law enforcement, but only after they collected data about its criminal customers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2023

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. In mid-December 2022, the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2024

As per recent media reports, the vulnerability is exploited to deliver crypto miners, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets, and remote access trojans. The post PHP Vulnerability Used For Malware And DDOS Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 23, 2024

A US resident has been sentenced to 9 months in prison for creating and managing the Astrostress service, which allowed users to launch powerful DDoS attacks. The defendant was also given a 2-year probation... The post Texas Man Jailed for Running DDoS-for-Hire Website appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 23, 2024

Researchers from Tsinghua University have unveiled a potent new method for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, dubbed DNSBomb (CVE-2024-33655).

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The Hacker News

JULY 5, 2024

French cloud computing firm OVHcloud said it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in April 2024 that reached a packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). The 840 Mpps DDoS attack is said to have been a combination of a TCP

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 3, 2024

OVHcloud, a global cloud services provider and one of the largest of its kind in Europe, says it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this year that reached an unprecedented packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). [.]

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The Hacker News

JULY 4, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new botnet called Zergeca that's capable of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Functionally, Zergeca is not just a typical DDoS botnet; besides supporting six pw" and "ootheca[.]top").

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2024

DDoS simulation tests fall into a different legal category than real DDoS attacks carried out by hackers. In the United States, for example, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act considers a DDoS attack to be a cybercrime with serious prison time and fines.

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The Hacker News

JULY 10, 2024

Multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

OVHcloud successfully mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack in April, which reached 840 million packets per second (Mpps). The cloud services provider OVHcloud announced it has mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this year. ” reads the post published by OVHcloud.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 8, 2024

Hacktivists are conducting DDoS attacks on European political parties that represent and promote strategies opposing their interests, according to a report by Cloudflare. [.]

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Today, one of the internet giants, Namecheap has been hit by a series of DDoS attacks that threaten to disrupt its operations. Namecheap, an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar, and web hosting company, stands as... The post Breaking News: Namecheap Hit by DDoS Attacks appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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SecureBlitz

MAY 10, 2024

Here, I will show you how to strengthen DDoS Protection with Threat Intelligence… When your adversaries get more creative, your defense has to get smarter. For businesses facing the threat of DDoS attacks, which means gaining greater insight into the weapons targeting your network and how best to act against them.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming efficiency in various sectors like healthcare and logistics but has also introduced new security risks, particularly IoT-driven DDoS attacks. This article explores how these attacks work, why they’re uniquely problematic, and how to mitigate them. What Is IoT?

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A vulnerability in the HTTP/2 network protocol is currently being exploited, resulting in the largest DDoS attack in history. Find out what security teams should do now, and hear what Cloudflare's CEO has to say about this DDoS.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

One of the most common and dangerous types of attacks is distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), which can hide, coordinate, and scale up to overwhelm a target. DDoS attacks threaten […] The post NSFOCUS Innovative DDoS Protection Technology Secures Your Network Perimeter appeared first on NSFOCUS, Inc.,

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Penetration Testing

JULY 23, 2024

The law enforcement agencies of the United Kingdom have reported a successful operation infiltrating the systems of the DDoS service, during which the alleged head of the DigitalStress service was arrested.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The post DDoS protection from OVHcloud appeared first on TechRepublic. Distributed denial-of-service protection from OVHcloud takes the complexity out of avoiding denial of service attacks for your business.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 13, 2023

The assumptions a business shouldn’t make about its DDoS defenses and the steps it should take now to reduce its likelihood of attack. The post DDoS threats and defense: How certain assumptions can lead to an attack appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack. [.]

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Before I tell you how to DDoS someone, I want to make a few issues clear. In ethical hacking, DDoS attacks can be used as part of security testing and vulnerability assessment activities. If that is the case, make […] The post How to DDoS Like an Ethical Hacker appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 26, 2024

Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, threatening server functionality, player experience, and the game’s reputation. This article explains

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The Hacker News

MAY 28, 2024

The threat actors behind the CatDDoS malware botnet have exploited over 80 known security flaws in various software over the past three months to infiltrate vulnerable devices and co-opt them into a botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2023

The post Microsoft Repeatedly Burned in ‘Layer 7’ DDoS appeared first on Security Boulevard. Unlucky number: Time and again this month, “Russian” hackers bring down Microsoft clouds.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 6, 2024

The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Muhstik has been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw impacting Apache RocketMQ to co-opt susceptible servers and expand its scale.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The AI tech vendor reported a major outage across ChatGPT and its API Wednesday and then periodic outages on Thursday, attributing both incidents to a DDoS attack. The post OpenAI: DDoS Attack the Cause of ChatGPT Outages appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 26, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have released an updated joint guide to help organizations defend against the persistent threat of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cloudflare's Firewall and DDoS prevention can be bypassed through a specific attack process that leverages logic flaws in cross-tenant security controls. [.]

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A new multiplatform threat that uses the peer-to-peer (P2P) NKN network connectivity protocol as a communication channel for launching a range of threats, from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to a remote access trojan (RAT).

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

During the last 24 hours, OpenAI has been addressing what it describes as "periodic outages" linked to DDoS attacks affecting its API and ChatGPT services. [.]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Akamai announced it has mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a U.S. Cybersecurity firm Akamai successfully identified and prevented a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed, leading American financial institution. financial company. gigabits per second.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

2023 was a year of marked transformation in the world of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 24, 2022

The post Nokia: Botnet DDoS attacks are on the rise appeared first on TechRepublic. A study from Nokia outlining the growing number of botnet attacks shows a larger amount of sophistication by hackers.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 18, 2024

These flaws, which could open the door for denial of service attacks or expose sensitive data,... The post Keycloak Patches Vulnerabilities, Mitigates DDoS and Data Theft Risks appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack. [.]

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Several media reported that three million electric toothbrushes were compromised and recruited into a DDoS botnet. The Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung first published the news of a DDoS attack, carried out on January 30, that involved three million compromised electric toothbrushes. Is it true? What the f is wrong with you people????

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