Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

Last week, Cloudflare blocked the largest HTTPS DDoS attack on record. The previous record for a HTTPS DDoS attack was 15.3 DDoS over HTTPS. DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. DDoS attacks have been growing considerably in number and scale over the past years. million rps. The attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Russian internet service provider Yandex is under a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that began last week. The record magnitude of the massive DDoS attack was also confirmed by the US company Cloudflare, which specializes in the protection against such kinds of attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Mention the acronym DDoS to a web admin and they’ll likely break out in a cold sweat. DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks, are some of the most malicious and difficult-to-stop network attacks that can be launched against a website or any other DDoS-susceptible service, such as a SaaS platform.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

Upon infecting a system the bot turns it into a cryptomining client and could use it to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The malware author named the bot Satan DDoS, but Palo Alto Network’s Unit42 researchers dubbed it Lucifer because there’s another malware with the same name, the Satan Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

The FBI issued an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been exploited to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that abused new network protocols. continues the report.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Security firm Cloudflare successfully detected and mitigated a DDoS attack that peaked at 17.2 Omer Yoachimik, Product Manager of Cloudflare's DDoS Protection Service, discusses the scale of the attack: "For perspective on how large this attack was: Cloudflare serves over 25 million HTTP requests per second on average.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army , threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” Liberator is advertised as a DDoS tool to launch attacks against “Russian propaganda websites.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

According to the hacker, their spam software has been in private use until the last few weeks, when it was released as open source code. “There was nothing in the Mastodon software to detect that activity, and the protocol is not designed to handle this.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of their operations recently when they threatened to sue a software company. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com com , privnate[.]com

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

million servers running the RPCBIND service from being used in amplified DDoS attacks. The exploitation of this vulnerability could cause major problems on the Internet. million servers running RPCBIND on the Internet. Securi ty Affairs – Oracle, DDoS). Oracle has just released a security update to prevent 2.3

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

This week, security researchers said they spotted that same vulnerability being exploited by a new variant of Mirai , a malware strain that targets vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale attacks and as proxies for other cybercrime activity. which boasts some 100 million devices deployed worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Here is a rundown of the benefits of an asset management software in cutting down cyber-related threats. The best asset management software sets up a stock of your organization’s assets, phases of their entire life cycles, most recent software upgrades, the risks they could face, and the approaches to ensure their security. . .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

The amazing array of digital services we so blithely access on our smartphones wouldn’t exist without agile software development. Related: ‘Business logic’ hacks on the rise Consider that we began this century relying on the legacy “waterfall” software development process. if not outright project failure.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In our last #AskSecPro article we discussed the differences between a DoS and a DDoS attack. Now that we understand what a DDoS attack is in concept, let’s learn a little more about the mechanisms involved in these attacks. Application Layer DDoS Attacks. This DDoS vector accounts for about 20 percent of all DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

Since Linux is deployed on many IoT (Internet of Things) devices and cloud infrastructures, we are likely to see DDoS (distributed denial-of-system) attacks from botnets that have compromised such devices. Microsoft said that XorDDoS continues to home on Linux-based systems, demonstrating a significant pivot in malware targets.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

Related: Privacy rules for vehicles As vehicles continue to offer modern features such as app-to-car connectivity, remote control access, and driver assistance software, a huge risk lurks in the shadows. In an increasingly interconnected world, the evolution of the automotive industry presents an exciting yet daunting prospect.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 20, 2022

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Serious vulnerabilities found in ITarian software, patches available for SaaS products Update Chrome now: Four high risk vulnerabilities found Taking down the IP2Scam tech support campaign Don’t panic! Or can you? Update now! Stay safe!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Microsoft announced that a botnet dubbed MCCrash is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Microsoft spotted a cross-platform botnet, tracked as MCCrash, which has been designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. ark—event[.]net

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. For a more detailed breakdown on the updates released today, see the SANS Internet Storm Center roundup. and iPadOS 17.0.3

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The report follows the Internet Organized Crime Assessment (IOCTA), Europol’s assessment of the cybercrime landscape and how it has changed over the last 24 months. Legitimate software and tools built into operating systems are then misused to establish persistence and traverse their victims’ networks.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This means that the majority of your website traffic could be coming from Internet bots, rather than humans. A bot is a software application that runs automated tasks over the Internet. Bad bots perform malicious tasks such as, DDoS attacks, website scraping and comment spam. Botnets and DDoS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. Just because your Exchange Server doesn’t have internet-facing authentication doesn’t mean it’s protected.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Hear about the smart toaster that got attacked three times within an hour after its IP address first appeared on the Internet? The business equivalent of the toaster probe might well be two categories of automated attacks: Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks and SQL injection ( SQLi ) hacks. Makes sense.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2023

The Ruckus vulnerability is listed under CVE-2023-25717 , which indicates that Ruckus Wireless Access Point software contains a vulnerability in its web services component. Infected devices are used to propagate the botnet malware to other devices and are used in DDoS attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks cause problems for organizations of all sizes. To fight DDoS attacks, organizations and teams need to implement the three standard phases for any IT threat: preparation, reaction, and recovery. To skip ahead, click on the links: What is a DDoS Attack? Types of DDoS Attacks.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of interconnected electronic devices with “smart” technology. billion “things” connected to the Internet , a 30% increase from 2015. There are several reasons why the Internet of Things is such a threat to our digital security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2023

GLPI is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package, Data center management, ITIL Service Desk, licenses tracking and software auditing. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw, via a specially crafted message, to execute arbitrary code. and the Netherlands.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As far as we know, HermeticWiper remains the most advanced wiper software discovered in the wild. That said, a number of those tools are very crude from a software engineering perspective and appear to have been developed hurriedly. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

Austin Thompson (23) from Utah, the hacker who carried out massive DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets a 27-months prison sentence. The hacker who brought offline with massive DDoS attacks online gaming networks between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. SecurityAffairs – Sony, DDoS).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. com) with links to the bot was among the 48 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December.

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