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Here’s how anyone with $20 can hire an IoT botnet to blast out a week-long DDoS attack

The Last Watchdog

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to erupt all across the Internet showing not the faintest hint of leveling off, much less declining, any time soon. Related video: How DDoS attacks leverage the Internet’s DNA. DDoS attacks are evolving to become more diverse. GitHub’s logo. But that’s not all.

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New Mirai Botnet Variant Targets DVR Systems via CVE-2024-3721

Penetration Testing

Learn how this sophisticated attack works and if your surveillance system is at risk. A new Mirai botnet variant is exploiting CVE-2024-3721 to infect vulnerable DVRs.

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A week in security (October 7 – October 13)

Malwarebytes

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation,” group reveals Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS Google Search user interface: A/B testing shows security concerns remain AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen MoneyGram confirms customer data breach Exposing (..)

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CERT-UA warns of cyber espionage against the Ukrainian defense industry using Dark Crystal RAT

Security Affairs

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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Massive DDos attack hit Telegram, company says most of junk traffic is from China

Security Affairs

Encrypted messaging service Telegram was hit by a major DDoS attack apparently originated from China, likely linked to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. Telegram was used by protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations against China that would allow extraditions from the country to the mainland.

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A Florida Teen Shut Down Remote School With a DDoS Attack

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: Predictive policing taken even farther, Amazon surveillance of private Facebook groups, and more of the week’s top security news.

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Unsupervised Learning: No. 234

Daniel Miessler

THIS WEEK’S TOPICS: Ripple20 IoT Vulns, Homeland Security Surveillance, US Cyber Budget, Adobe EOL, AWS DDoS, Bellingcat Poison Investigation, Technology News, Human News, Ideas Trends & Analysis, Discovery, Recommendations, and the Weekly Aphorism…. Subscribe To Podcast. Show Notes. Newsletter. All Episodes. —.