Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

Raspberry Robin spreads via removable USB devices Malware campaign hides a shellcode into Windows event logs US gov sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Blender also used by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT How the thriving fraud industry within Facebook attacks independent media QNAP fixes multiple flaws, including a QVR RCE vulnerability Anonymous and Ukraine (..)

IoT 87

IoT DNS Antivirus DDOS 87

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

Cybercrime 214

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 214

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can cripple an organization, a network, or even an entire country, and they show no sign of slowing down. DDoS attacks may only make up a small percentage of security threats, but their consequences can be devastating. According to Imperva Research Labs, DDoS attacks tend to come in waves.

DDOS 127

DDOS DNS Firewall Media 127

SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

Financial services firms are fighting multiple threats, as evidenced by the top five security threats that respondents anticipate in the next 12 months: Internet of Things attacks (22%) Cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations (19%) Attacks to manipulate data and statistics (17%) DNS and DDoS attacks (15%) Phishing (13%) .

Financial Services 99

Financial Services Data breaches DNS Phishing 99

SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. In October, the botnet was upgraded with DDoS functionality. This is further evidence that the same botnets are often used for mining and DDoS. In some cases, DNS amplification was also used. The channel was created in June and went live in August 2021.

DDOS 119

DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Accountability 119

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. The very first DDoS attacks occurred when network engineers misconfigured networks and overwhelmed components by accident. Volumetric DDoS Attacks.

DDOS 128

DDOS Internet Internet Firewall 128

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software. This software contains vulnerability CVE-2022-24198 that allows a specially crafted PDF to cause a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Why Both Are Important.

Penetration Testing 123

Penetration Testing Phishing Risk Social Engineering 123

Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

The primary means of detecting cyber incidents for trained experts or artificial intelligence is to look for inconsistent or unexpected behavior in a system: An influx of traffic could mean a major news event, but it could also mean a DDoS attack. It doesn’t matter what caused Facebook’s recent day-long inter-platform outage.

Hacking 100

Hacking Data privacy Artificial Intelligence System Administration 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 101

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 101

Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2022

This is hardly the first time scammers have impersonated Wood or ARKinvest; a tweet from Wood in 2020 warned that the company would never use YouTube, Twitter, Instagram or any social media to solicit money. A dig into the Domain Name Server (DNS) records for Coinbase-x2[.]net net shows it is hosted at a service called Cryptohost[.]to.

Scams 201

Scams Cryptocurrency Media Hacking 201

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. As noted, spear phishing targets specific users or organizations by exploring social media, recording out-of-office notifications, compromising API tokens, and housing malicious data in the cloud. DDoS trojan.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

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. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains. Hyland Credentials.

Cybersecurity 135

Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Technology Energy and Utilities 135

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. The smallest organizations can perform this through a visual inspection and a review of the media access control (MAC) addresses connected to the network.

Firewall 109

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 109

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

Who is behind the massive and prolonged Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that hit the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan? The traces lead us to an Israeli firm offering access to millions of proxies in mobile operators, data centers and residential buildings – a perfect infrastructure to hide the source of DDoS attacks.

DDOS 108

DDOS DNS Mobile Authentication 108

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites. Since 2018, we have been tracking Roaming Mantis – a threat actor that targets Android devices.

Phishing 117

Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 117

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The hackers provided no explanation for the move, but it appeared to be related to an increase in media coverage. Finally, it is worth mentioning the CVE-2022-34724 vulnerability, which affects Windows DNS Server and can lead to denial of service if exploited. Detailed IoT-threat statistics are published in the DDoS report for Q3 2022.

Mobile 96

Mobile Malware Ransomware IoT 96

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). According to media (see this link ), since the attack in 2013, the number of participants and supporters is decreasing. This attack has the goal of infecting Windows users with the JCry ransomware.

Ransomware 82

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 82

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! The DDoS attack is part of a political activist movement against the church called “Project Chanology.” billion dollars in damages.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

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). According to media (see this link ), since the attack in 2013, the number of participants and supporters is decreasing. This attack has the goal of infecting Windows users with the JCry ransomware.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 40