Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

The peculiarity of this new piece of malware is the ability to communicate with C2 servers via DNS over HTTPS ( DoH ). The DoH protocol was a new standard proposed in October 2018 and it is currently supported by several publicly available DNS servers. com domain. The second variant. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

Uptycs’ threat research team discovered a new botnet, tracked as Simps botnet, attributed to Keksec group, which is focused on DDOS activities. Uptycs’ threat research team has discovered a new Botnet named ‘Simps’ attributed to Keksec group primarily focussed on DDOS activities. Shell script downloading Simps binary.

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

For even more tips from Webroot IT security experts Tyler Moffitt, Kelvin Murray, Grayson Milbourne, George Anderson and Jonathan Barnett, download the complete e-book on hacker personas. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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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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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

After the vulnerability is exploited, a command is executed on the system to download the initial script. A new multiplatform implant The malware is typically installed on the victim’s device by executing a remote shell script that downloads and executes the contents of the setup.sh shell script hosted by the attacker remotely.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The attacks aimed at compromising the tarted systems to create an IRC botnet, which can later be used to conduct several malicious activities, including DDoS attacks and crypto-mining campaign. “After the script is downloaded and given permissions (using the “chmod” command), the attacker tries to run it using Python 2.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Phishing attacks, vulnerability exploits, DDoS attacks, and much more threaten your company’s Macs at any time — and if any of them are successful, it could cost your business millions in lost productivity and information theft. Use a DNS filter to stop web-based attacks. That’s where DNS filtering comes in.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the legitimate HTTP traffic of the victims, most of which are in China (96%). Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In October one of the honeypots of the company captured the bot, its downloader , and some bot modules. “Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.”

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Among other things, the guidelines explained how to initiate an attack and what tools to download, allowing non-professionals to launch an attack on their own. "As A container image with a DDoS attack tool over TCP protocol through multiple connection requests, which targets multiple service providers in Russia.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The attacker downloaded tmate and issued a command to run it and establish a reverse shell to tmate.io The malicious code also leverages other techniques to avoid detection, for example it modifies the system DNS resolvers and uses Google’s public DNS servers to bypass DNS monitoring tools. from container 1.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Security experts from Sophos Labs have spotted a new piece of IoT malware tracked as Chalubo that is attempting to recruit devices into a botnet used to launch DDoS attacks. Experts noticed that the downloader would also drop a script, in the same way, the Xor.DDoS bot family does, likely authors borrowed the code from the old threat.

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IoT DDOS Architecture Malware 79

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

All the affected models have a patched firmware available for download on the vendor’s website.” . “The attack can lead to a full compromise of the device and may lead to a network breach and unauthorized access to internal resources. Leak of the sensitive data stored on the router (keys, administrative passwords, etc.)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. The code seems inspired from multiple source code of China basis DDoS client, like Elknot. Figure 2: The C2 software for Linux DDoS.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Once the files are downloaded and opened, the attackers are able to completely take over the victim’s machine.” This campaign ultimately gives threat actors complete access to the target machine, so they can use it for anything from conducting DDoS attacks to stealing sensitive data off the machine.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Downloadable malware : When clicked, links in emails or extensions on websites immediately download malicious software onto a host machine. DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Users sometimes unknowingly infect themselves with adware installed by default when they download and install other applications. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Kevin Holvoet of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) said Russian-sponsored attacks in recent months against Ukraine and other targets have included: DDoS attacks on government, military, finance and communications. Consider preventing the downloading of unknown drivers. Espionage, which has included targeting U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Number of unique users attacked by financial malware, Q3 2022 ( download ). Number of new ransomware modifications, Q3 2021 — Q3 2022 ( download ). Number of unique users attacked by ransomware Trojans, Q3 2022 ( download ). Number of new miner modifications, Q3 2022 ( download ). TOP 10 banking malware families.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

When opened, this document eventually downloads a backdoor. The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Territories affected by Roaming Mantis activity ( download ). Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals have used common attack vectors in the past, such as website defacements and denial-of-service distributed attacks (DDoS). To carried out this attack, crooks modified the DNS record of a popular web accessibility plugin from nagich[.]com. When the user clicks on Update , the malicious file is download. See code here ).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. Verifying and logging software updates and downloads. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS).

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Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Threat actors picking sides [1], group members turning against each other [2], some people handing out DDoS tools [3], some people blending in to turn it into profit [4], and many other stories, proving that this new frontier is changing daily, and its direct impact is not limited to geographical boundaries.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.) Other users might attempt to exceed their intended access, such as when the marketing intern attempts to access an R&D file server and download IP in development.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. If the victim opens the document, Microsoft Office downloads the script and runs it using the MSHTML engine. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. The OOXML files have an external reference to the attacker’s server and download an RTF document exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability. Malicious Windows executables have also been compiled with GCC under the MinGW environment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals have used common attack vectors in the past, such as website defacements and denial-of-service distributed attacks (DDoS). To carried out this attack, crooks modified the DNS record of a popular web accessibility plugin from nagich[.]com. When the user clicks on Update , the malicious file is download. See code here ).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites. Additional protection may be deployed using browser security, DNS security, or secure browsers to protect endpoints from malicious websites.

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