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The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack

Bleeping Computer

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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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack

Bleeping Computer

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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WordPress sites hacked with fake Cloudflare DDoS alerts pushing malware

Bleeping Computer

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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DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS

Krebs on Security

A Georgia man who co-founded a service designed to protect companies from crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has pleaded to paying a DDoS-for-hire service to launch attacks against others. Tucker Preston , 22, of Macon, Ga., ” Preston declined to comment for this story.

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Unraveling the truth behind the DDoS attack from electric toothbrushes

Security Affairs

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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Russia Creates Malware False-Flag App

Schneier on Security

The Russian hacking group Turla released an Android app that seems to aid Ukrainian hackers in their attacks against Russian networks. But the app they developed was actually malware. To add more credibility to the ruse they hosted the app on a domain “spoofing” the Azov Regiment: cyberazov[.]com. com. […].

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Hackers Using Fake DDoS Protection Pages to Distribute Malware

The Hacker News

WordPress sites are being hacked to display fraudulent Cloudflare DDoS protection pages that lead to the delivery of malware such as NetSupport RAT and Raccoon Stealer. "A

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