Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Latvian network equipment manufacturer MikroTik has shared details on customers can secure and clean routers enslaved by the massive M?ris ris DDoS botnet over the summer. [.].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

In another annual survey that was conducted by Cloudflare, it was discovered that a 29% of increase in distributed denial of service attacks (DdoS) was observed last year. Q4 was very busy with denial of service attacks on the web aimed at disrupting server operations of many companies.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

These include ransomware targeting backend servers, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, destructive malware, and even weaponizing charging stations to deploy malware. Rising regulations As the attack surface broadens, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) find themselves in a unique position.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

Russian hacker group Killnet claims to have launched a DDoS attack on the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. . The Moscow Times first reported that the Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet is claiming responsibility for a recent DDoS attack that hit the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. Tanslated with Google).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Most were distributed denial of service attacks aka DDoS and a mixture of other attack patterns. Microsoft issued a clarification that those enrolled in Azure DDoS Network Protection and Web Application Firewall services need not worry as all such attacks will be mitigated by the threat detection teams of the company.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. com include privnode[.]com com , privnate[.]com com , and prevnóte[.]com.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

This conclusion was reached after a comprehensive assessment of inverters from eight different manufacturers, revealing that none of them met even the basic security standards. It is crucial for manufacturers to actively play a role in offering products that comply with established photovoltaic cybersecurity standards.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As if that were not enough, many IoT devices have unalterable main passwords set by manufacturers. 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. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The malicious code was used in attacks targeting multiple sectors including the gaming industry, technology industry, and luxury car manufacturers. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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Threatpost

APRIL 25, 2018

Too often, many IoT device manufacturers are opting to leave out costly security features for their small, low power connected devices. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 27, 2023

According to a press release of the Federal Cybersecurity Agency(BSI), all websites related to major airports, companies and government agencies are being hit by DDoS attacks aka denial of service attacks. The post Russia starts cyber attacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

MikroTik, the Latvian-based manufacturer of network equipment has shared in yesterday’s blog post some mitigation measures to fight against M?ris ris is a DDoS botnet […]. ris botnet. ris Botnet mitigation measures can be used by clients to secure their compromised routers.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Shortly after that, those same servers came under a sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Chaput said whoever was behind the DDoS was definitely not using point-and-click DDoS tools, like a booter or stresser service. Mr. Proshutinskiy did not respond to requests for comment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Researchers from the security firm revealed that those into manufacturing of connected cars have to focus more on keeping their automatives safe from the prying eyes of the threat actors. And that too with no deep technical knowledge about the internet driven cars. And that too with no deep technical knowledge about the internet driven cars.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

For any IoT device vendors currently contracted by the government, this is what we know so far from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Required reading for IoT manufacturers: foundational guidelines about IoT vulnerabilities ( 8259 ) and a core baseline of necessary cybersecurity components ( 8259A ). Data protection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to a research carried out by Maryland based Cybersecurity firm Tenable, hackers are targeting millions of home routers to add them to the Mirai botnet radar that is used to launch DDoS Cyber attack campaigns.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I had an eye-opening conversation about all of this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Neubiberg, Germany. Mirai then carried out a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that knocked down Twitter, Netflix, PayPal and other major web properties.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

that affects billions of devices, it could be exploited by attackers to carry out multiple malicious activities, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and data exfiltration. The researcher believes that botnets might soon start exploiting the flaw to launch DDoS attacks abusing end-user devices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

Palo Alto Networks also observed a new distributed IoT denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet developed in Golang, tracked as RedGoBot. The RedGoBot can perform DDoS attacks on HTTP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, VSE and OpenVPN protocols. Most of the malware samples analyzed by the researchers belong to Mirai , Gafgyt and Mozi families.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following. Information manipulation has been as a key element of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has become prominent.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Microsoft researchers reported that the Mozi botnet was improved by implementing news capabilities to target network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE. According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

At the time of writing, of the 87 critical vulnerabilities published in 2021, more than a quarter (29.9%) remain unpatched and unreported by the vendor: Router manufacturers’ response to vulnerabilities found in their products in 2021 ( download ). Mirai is not the only DDoS malware to target routers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The hackers pointed out that there is no way to decrypt data without their decryptor, they also threatened the company to target it with a DDoS attack in case they will refuse to pay the ransom. .” reads the statement published by the group on its leak site.

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Hacking Ransomware DDOS Manufacturing 118

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactured by at least 17 vendors. A Pattern of Exploits. ” Multiple Threats.

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IoT DDOS Internet Internet 144

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. The gang continues to be very active in this period, in early March it announced that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to the victim’s business partners and journalists to force the victims into pay the ransom.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tens of router models from Taiwanese SOHO manufacturer DrayTek are affected by a critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32548, that can be exploited to fully compromise a vulnerable device and gain unauthorized access to the broader network. .”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. ” reads the report published by the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

And coming to Google loaded phones, the company offers an open source operating system that is being used by multiple device manufactures across the world. If we consider the price factor, Apple Inc offers devices that are more premium and thus are not reachable to normal smart phone users, albeit ‘Price Wise’.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation Open (..)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In the absence of IoT security regulations, many smart product manufacturers simply release new devices that lack built-in security measures and have not undergone proper security review and testing. Take manufacturing, for instance. That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016.

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IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

There are dozens of Linux malware families out there today threatening SMBs with anything from ransomware to DDoS attacks. From manufacturing to healthcare, tons of industries today are using the Internet-of-Things (IoT) to help streamline their operations — and at the heart of every IoT device is Linux. Cloud Snooper. How it works.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests. In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. Educational institutions are recommended to use anti-DDoS solutions and strong firewall settings, and partner up with ISPs.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 10, 2021

Or your device can be used in DDoS or click-fraud campaigns. There is no reason for StealthWorker, or other botnets, to pass up on other manufacturer’s devices. Botnets can be used to spread other malware like cryptojackers and ransomware. It does not mean other devices are being neglected by the botnet. Stay safe, everyone!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Experts revealed details on the tools and techniques used by the botnet to compromise Linux devices and recruit them in launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The devices themselves are often manufactured with operation in mind, not security. ” concludes the analysis. ” concludes the analysis.

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