SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. In early 2022, for instance, a security researcher effectively cut off the whole North Korea from the internet by exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in critical routers and other network equipment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Interestingly, Symantec analysts confirmed their research that the malware took down the systems from Wednesday evening, just a few hours away from the first bombing attack on Ukraine, i.e. 3:30 am on Thursday. However, the analysis further confirmed that the malicious software infiltrated the systems in the last week of December last year.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The botnet appeared on the threat landscape in November 2020, the attacks aimed at compromising the target systems to create an IRC botnet, which can later be used to conduct several malicious activities, including DDoS attacks and crypto-mining campaigns. from visual-tools.com. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2019

Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for exposed Docker APIs on port 2375 and use them to deliver a malicious code that drops the AESDDoS Trojan. ” The AESDDoS malware is active since at least since 2014 and it was used to build large DDoS botnet. launching DDoS attacker, mining cryptocurrency, etc.).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

There is also ample evidence to suggest that Glupteba may have spawned Meris , a massive botnet of hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that surfaced in September 2021 and was responsible for some of the largest and most disruptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks the Internet has ever seen. But on Dec.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Viasat “cyberevent” On the 24 th of February , Europeans who relied on the ViaSat-owned “ KA-SAT ” satellite faced major Internet access disruptions. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks. As soon as the attack stops, the target website becomes available again.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The new Mirai variant targets embedded devices (i.e. Since the code of the Mirai botnet was leaked online many variants emerged in the threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

In November, Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers. The bot kills off other miners by enumerating other running processes and attempts to check the presence of the associated binaries on disk searching for a set of keywords (i.e.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Most likely you didn’t pause before you clicked, and got phished or compromised in some other way–possibly by an internet of things device connected to your home network. Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a very likely mode of attack. Tip: Back up everything (for more, see below). Your Finances Glitch.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. Attacks that infect a high volume of devices with a direct internet interface (i.e., Insights from VDOO’s leadership. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? Another option: open a browser and navigate to the local Internet address of your device. A rendering of Xiongmai’s center in Hangzhou, China. Source: xiongmaitech.com. no password).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Malware is one of the biggest threats businesses face, and with nearly a third of all malware coming through the internet and email, businesses and consumers alike need ways to protect themselves. This guide covers the major categories of internet security suites and includes a few of the top options for each. Antivirus Software.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The Hoaxcalls IoT botnet expanded the list of targeted devices and has added new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. Both vulnerabilities have been rated as critical severity (i.e The botnet was initially designed to launch DDoS attacks using UDP, DNS and HEX floods. score of 9.8 ” Radware concludes.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Although new threats are being created every day, most successful hacks are variations on old themes, like the DDoS attacks that are as old as the internet itself. The extent to which a company “recovers” after a cyberattack depends on how it responds to the breach – i.e. its incident response (IR). Learn from the past.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We’re talking of course about zombie botnets, i.e. ro bot net works, which are troves of infected innocent computers (coined ‘ zombies ‘) that form networks often used for malicious purposes, most notably in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Both of which had their roots in internet-of-things (IoT) zombies.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Many used browsers that they were accustomed to, not browsers of choice, or default browsers set by organizations, such as the Internet Explorer. For instance, somewhat surprisingly, since 2019 vishing (voice phishing, i.e. phone scams) has enjoyed a renaissance. Everyone is a target now.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Hundreds of millions of websites on the internet today rely on the content management system WordPress. Only delegate access to users based on the principle of least privilege (i.e. Admins should only utilize the admin account and create individual accounts for each user, only upgrading permissions as necessary.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Cybersecurity data breaches are defined as cybersecurity incidents that resulted in the confirmed compromise of data confidentiality i.e. the unauthorized viewing and/or copying of data. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. What did ‘the internet’ think caused cybersecurity incidents and data breaches?”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The new “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020 ” report describes attacks on various industries and critical infrastructure facilities, as well as campaigns aimed at destabilization of the Internet in certain countries. Internet destabilization at state level. million dumps put up for sale, i.e. 46% more than last year.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2022

But a look at the Internet address historically tied to this domain (186.2.171.79) shows the same address is used to host or park hundreds of other newly-minted crypto scam domains , including coinbase-x2[.]net I realized a few minutes later, when the live video looped. It wasn’t actually live, but a replay of a video from 6 months ago.”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity data breaches are defined as cybersecurity incidents that resulted in the confirmed compromise of data confidentiality i.e. the unauthorized viewing and/or copying of data. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. What did ‘the internet’ think caused cybersecurity incidents and data breaches?”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there are 36 cybercrime categories. Here is how we (CSN) define cybercrime: the kind of crime that is only happening because the internet exists [such as ransomware and DDoS attacks]. But what is the definition of cybercrime at a high level?

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