Heimadal Security

JANUARY 26, 2023

On January 25th, Killnet Russian activist threat group put several German websites offline after performing a DDoS attack. The hackers claimed they targeted government websites, banks, and airports as a reaction to Germany`s decision to supply Ukraine with 2 Leopard tanks.

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Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 20, 2022

WordPress sites are being hacked to display fake Cloudflare DDoS protection pages to distribute malware that installs the NetSupport RAT and the RaccoonStealer password-stealing Trojan. [.].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram after the company suspended the account of the group. The hacker collective Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Telegram in retaliation for the suspension of their primary account.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Threat actors brute-forced Linux SSH servers to deploy Tsunami DDoS bot, ShellBot, log cleaners, privilege escalation tools, and an XMRig (Monero) coin miner. More about the Attack on […] The post Linux Servers Hacked to Launch DDoS Attacks and Mine Monero Cryptocurrency appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A massive DDoS cyber attack, likely carried out by Pro-Russia hacker group NoName , severely impacted operations at several Canadian airports last week, reported Recorded Future News. However CBSA has not attributed the DDoS attack to the Pro-Russia group. ” reported the Canadian media outlet La Presse. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Cloudflare mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exploiting the flaw HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. Cloudflare DDoS threat report of 2023 states that the company has mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service attacks. The top sources of the attacks are the U.S.,

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down for some days.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. The Lockbit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company and is threatening to leak the stolen files. Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack. Entrust Corp.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

DDoS extortionists are blackmailing Australian banks asking for payments of large sums in Monero cryptocurrency threatening DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals are threatening Australian banks of DDoS attacks if they will not pay large sums in Monero cryptocurrency. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank reveals it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. State-owned VTB Bank, the second-largest financial institution in Russia, says it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recently the leak of a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon, exposed Chinese hacking capabilities. Recently someone has leaked on GitHub [ 1 , 2 ] a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese hacking firm, I-Soon.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Cloudflare Stops Largest Reported DDoS Attack. The post Bitglass Security Spotlight: Details on the T-Mobile Hack, DDoS Attacks, and Other Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard. Ragnarok Ransomware Group Shuts Down, Releases Master Decryption Keys. Microsoft Power Apps Portals Exposes 38 Million Sensitive Data Records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mirai).

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

360 Qihoo reported DDoS attacks launched by APT-C-53 (aka Gamaredon) conducted through the open-source DDoS Trojan program LOIC. “We found that multiple C2 servers distributed an open-source DDoS Trojan program LOIC compiled by.net from March 4th to 5th, 2022.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Gamaredon.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. A note posted by a Verified forum administrator concerning the hack of its registrar in January. The forum was hacked through the domain registrar.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

NATO member Lithuania is under attack from Russian hacking group Killnet. The post Russian Hackers Declare War on Lithuania — Killnet DDoS Panic appeared first on Security Boulevard. It raises serious concerns over Russia’s use of cyber warfare against NATO states.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2022

Google announced to have blocked the largest ever HTTPs DDoS attack, which reached 46 million requests per second (RPS). Google announced to have blocked the largest ever HTTPs DDoS attack that hit one of its Cloud Armor customers. The DDoS attack lasted 69 minutes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, HTTPs DDoS).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. Viewer discretion is advised.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Gbps and 659.6 Mpps over 14 hours.” Gbps and 659.6

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

A collective known as Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) claimed responsibility for the DDoS attacks that hit the company’s services. Threat actors relied on access to multiple virtual private servers (VPS) in conjunction with rented cloud infrastructure, open proxies, and DDoS tools. ” states SpiderLabs. .”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

Akamai has mitigated the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack ever, which peaked at 900.1 Akamai reported that on February 23, 2023, at 10:22 UTC, it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever. The record-breaking DDoS was launched against a Prolexic customer in Asia-Pacific (APAC). gigabits per second.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) that reached 71 Million requests per second. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record hyper-volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). “This was a weekend of record-breaking DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. Mirai botnets are frequently used to conduct DDoS attacks.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

DoJ announced the seizure of 13 new domains associated with DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of Operation PowerOFF. Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services as part of a coordinated international law enforcement effort known as Operation PowerOFF. com, ragebooter(.)com, com, downthem(.)org

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2023

National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that it has set up a number of fake DDoS-for-hire sites to infiltrate the online criminal underground. The UK National Crime Agency announced it has infiltrated the online criminal marketplace by setting up several sites purporting to offer DDoS-for-hire services. In December, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2021

The Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a massive and prolonged Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, Qurium organizations linked it to the local government. For the past three weeks, the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a heavy and sustained DDoS attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2021

A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack shut down Belgiums’ government websites, internal networks were also impacted. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hit most of the Belgium government ’s IT network, according to the media the attack also knocked offline internal systems. Around 7.30

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Mirai-based DDoS botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new exploits to target routers from different vendors, including D-Link, Zyxel, and TP-Link. The botnet supports multiple DDoS attacks, including UDP, HTTP Flood, UDP Plain, and TCP SYN. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet. ” concludes the analysis.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2023

The “online criminal marketplace” has been disrupted via several fake Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tools, according to an announcement from The British National Crime Agency (NCA). Some folks register on hacking sites and services out of curiosity. This is the case with DDoS tools.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Hungarian financial institutions and telecommunications infrastructure were hit by a powerful DDoS attack originating from servers in Russia, China and Vietnam. A powerful DDoS attack hit some Hungarian banking and telecommunication services that briefly disrupted them. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hungary). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Enemybot).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Akamai announced to have recently blocked a new record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. On Monday, September 12, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever that hit one of its European customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, hacking). The malicious traffic peaked at 704.8 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2021

On the Cloudflare blog , the American web infrastructure behemoth that provides content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS mitigation services reports that it detected and mitigated a 17.2 million request-per-second (rps) DDoS attack. The target of this enormous DDoS attack was a customer of Cloudflare in the financial sector.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Experts are investigating the failures of several German airports after some media attributed them to a possible hacking campaign. chief executive of the ADV airport association, confirmed that the websites were hit by a DDoS attack. “Once again, airports fell victim to large-scale DDoS attacks,” Beisel said in a statement.

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