Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Juniper Networks warns that a Mirai botnet is targeting SSR devices with default passwords after unusual activity was reported on December 11, 2024. Juniper Networks is warning that a Mirai botnet is targeting Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords. “The impacted systems were all using default passwords.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Qihoo 360’s Netlab detailed a new evolving DDoS botnet called Abcbot with wormable capabilities that targets Linux systems. Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team have spotted a new botnet, tracked as Abcbot, that targets Linux systems to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

HIBP confirmed that the stolen archive had 31M records, including email address, screen name, bcrypt password hash, and timestamps for password changes. The Internet Archive founder, Brewster Kahle, also confirmed that the platform was hit by a DDoS attack that took the website offline several times.

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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

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. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

A man accused to have developed distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets based on the Mirai botnet was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison. Schuchman compromised hundreds of thousands of IoT devices, including home routers and IP cameras, to create multiple DDoS IoT botnets that he rented to carry out the attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can cripple an organization, a network, or even an entire country, and they show no sign of slowing down. DDoS attacks may only make up a small percentage of security threats, but their consequences can be devastating. According to Imperva Research Labs, DDoS attacks tend to come in waves.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

Like other Mirai variants, Mukashi constantly scans the Internet for vulnerable IoT devices like security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs), looking for a range of machines protected only by factory-default credentials or commonly-picked passwords. Image: Palo Alto Networks. Zyxel issued a patch for the flaw on Feb.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Update now! Last week on ThreatDown: Hands-on-keyboard (HOK) attacks: How ransomware gangs attack in real-time Ransomware insurance is funding cybercrime, says White House official 5 tools IT admins should block right now Stay safe!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 1, 2022

All these days we have been discussing Distributed Denial of Service attacks aka Ddos attacks and the massive amounts of fake traffic they create to network disruptions in corporate and government networks. But Yo-Yo DDoS Attack is different and seems to be an innovative way to attack public cloud infrastructures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

If anyone wants their online activity to be secure and private, password usage helps them in doing so; as it blocks unauthorized access to a service and access to personal information. Also, the firewall offered by the company blocks all kinds of DDoS and Malware attacks that could damage the website- thus the reputation of the company.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered new samples of the RapperBot malware that are being used to build a DDoS botnet to target game servers. Once stored public keys stored in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys,

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 30, 2025

Data Breaches Data breaches are fairly common among cybercriminals who break into a platforms database and steal sensitive information like personal details, passwords and financial data. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) You might have heard that your passwords alone arent enough anymore. Thats true. Keep software and devices updated.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) DDoS attacks have surged dramatically over the last few years, and will likely continue to pose a threat considering both how easy they are to execute, and how fast botnets (vast networks of compromised devices) are scaling. To stay ahead, organizations must turn to artificial intelligence.

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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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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. On Tuesday, someone dumped thousands of usernames, email addresses and obfuscated passwords on the dark web apparently pilfered from Mazafaka (a.k.a. ” On Feb.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2025

Most infected devices are security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), which are used to launch DDoS attacks. “On 26 Feb 2025, the Deepfield Emergency Response Team (ERT) identified a significant new Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) botnet, now tracked under “Eleven11bot.” ” states GreyNoise.

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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. Hackers port scanned for publicly exposed Linux SSH servers and brute-forced username-password pairs to log in to the server.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 6, 2023

This is just amazing stuff and a testament to a coalition of law enforcement agencies across the globe that have now made well over 100 arrests. It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta. Book a demo today.

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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 4, 2022

Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). The post These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The company does not believe the botnet is exploiting vulnerabilities in its software, it’s simply going after weak or default passwords using brute force guessing. In this case, if a password is guessed successfully, the device is infected with malware that will carry out additional attacks on other devices. StealthWorker.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

Threat actors compromise WordPress sites to display fake Cloudflare DDoS protection pages to distribute malware. DDoS Protection pages are associated with browser checks performed by WAF/CDN services which verify if the site visitor is a human or a bot. The file poses as a tool required to bypass the DDoS verification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2025

The modular architecture of the malware allows to extend its functionalities for multiple malicious purposes, including surveillance, reconnaissance, information theft, DDoS attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This was more than a multi-password via ssh exploit, and there was no ransom. I wrote about the company in 2015 after it suffered a debilitating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack after Romero declined to pay a ransom demand from an online extortion group. . “Every VM [virtual machine] is lost. Just attack and destroy.”

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Graham Cluley

MAY 5, 2022

We find out why calls to Dublin airport's noise complaints line have soared, and Carole quizzes Graham to celebrate World Password Day. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast, with computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

A new Golang-based DDoS botnet, tracked as HinataBot, targets routers and servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Akamai researchers spotted a new DDoS Golang-based botnet, dubbed HinataBot, which has been observed exploiting known flaws to compromise routers and servers. “The http_flood generated 3.4

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Plus: A TrickBot hacker arrest, a Fortinet VPN password leak, and more of the week's top security news.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. 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.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2024

Kivimäki initially gained notoriety as a self-professed member of the Lizard Squad , a mainly low-skilled hacker group that specialized in DDoS attacks. Ransom_man bragged about Vastaamo’s sloppy security, noting the company had used the laughably weak username and password “root/root” to protect sensitive patient records.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

If we hadn't been careful about how we managed the origin infrastructure, we would have built a literal DDoS machine. This all does pretty funky things to our origin API: That last sudden increase is more than a 30x traffic increase in an instant!

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Graham Cluley

MAY 1, 2024

The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, an identity thief spends two years in jail after being mistaken for the person who stole his name, and are you au fait with the latest scams?

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Naked Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Did you prevent password-only logins on your SSH servers? On ALL of them? Are you sure about that?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers from SonicWall revealed that hackers are attempting to compromise Linear eMerge E3 smart building access systems to recruit them in a DDoS botnet. “ Attackers can easily obtain default passwords and identify internet-connected target systems. CVE-2019-7256 is actively being exploited by DDoS botnet operators.

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