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

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank reveals it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. State-owned VTB Bank, the second-largest financial institution in Russia, says it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. ” Source USnews.com.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Is your organization prepared to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against mission-critical cloud-based applications? A DDoS attack is a cyber attack that uses bots to flood the targeted server or application with junk traffic, exhausting its resources and disrupting service for real human users. Source: Testbytes.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Technology Inc. On Sunday, 8chan and a host of other sites related to QAnon conspiracy theories were briefly knocked offline after Guilmette called 8chan’s anti-DDoS provider and convinced them to stop protecting the site from crippling online attacks (8Chan is now protected by an anti-DDoS provider in St. Technology Inc.

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An analysis of their technology infrastructure shows that all of these exchanges use Russian email providers, and most are directly hosted in Russia or by Russia-backed ISPs with infrastructure in Europe (e.g. Selectel, Netwarm UK, Beget, Timeweb and DDoS-Guard). ” Cryptomus did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Several media reported that three million electric toothbrushes were compromised and recruited into a DDoS botnet. The Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung first published the news of a DDoS attack, carried out on January 30, that involved three million compromised electric toothbrushes. Is it true? What the f is wrong with you people????

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2022

The DDoS landscape in Q1 2022 was shaped by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine: a significant part of all DDoS-related news concerned these countries. In mid-January, the website of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko was hit by a DDoS attack, and the websites of a number of Ukrainian ministries were defaced. News overview.

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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

JUNE 16, 2020

Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a major outage in the United States, that impacted service at other carriers, due to a “massive” DDoS attack. Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a massive DDoS attack that caused a major outage in the United States that impacted service at other carriers due to a “massive” DDoS attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 21, 2022

Google has released a formal statement that it has one of the largest Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) for one its customers, thus avoiding large scale disruption and downtime that could have lasted for days. “It The post Google blocks worlds largest DDoS Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that turns a human’s voice into an electrical signal, enabling calls from a computer, a VoIP phone, or other data-driven devices. The post Bandwidth.com Became the Victim of DDoS Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cloudflare mitigated dozens of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks last weekend, most of them ranging from 50 to 70 million requests per second (RPS) – and the largest one exceeding 71 million RPS. DDoS attacks, on the other hand, don’t require infiltration to be effective and thus are growing in frequency and intensity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Just like many other DDoS attacks we have seen in the past against Azeri media, the attacker monitors the success of the floods using the HostTracker service.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. “This is all about showing people there are other paths they can take.” FLATTENING THE CURVE.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. This once again shows that today you don’t have to be a skilled hacker to take part in cyber war. ”. -- Cloud Native Technologies Used in Russia-Ukraine Cyber Attacks , Aqua , March 15, 2022. brooke.crothers. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 16:58. Sometimes for good. Related Posts.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As technology advances, so do the methods and motivations of those who seek to disrupt global stability. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks: These disrupt services, causing significant downtime for governments and industries.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

In 2020, researchers from Athens University School of Information Sciences and Technology in Greece showed (PDF) how ransomware-as-a-service offerings might one day be executed through smart contracts. We release ddos. Or a variant of a letter to the creators about the possibility of a ransom if they want the ddos ??to

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As NETSCOUT’s 1H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report shows, the long tail of cybercrime innovation swept through the lockdown days of the COVID-19 pandemic to infiltrate the bulk of 2021. The vulnerabilities introduced by the global shift to online work and play are admittedly an outlier event.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Essentially, this concept encompasses the technologies, processes, and policies used to secure an organization's data and ensure operational continuity. Most of these are long-standing stratagems, but as they evolve in lockstep with technological advancements, it's worth scrutinizing them through the lens of the present-day IT landscape.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background The rise of DeepSeek is undoubtedly a milestone in the development of AI technology in China. However, as [] The post The Undercurrent Behind the Rise of DeepSeek: DDoS Attacks in the Global AI Technology Game appeared first on NSFOCUS, Inc.,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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 post published by Akamai. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2024

At the start, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks were often motivated by bragging rights or mischief. Related: The role of ‘dynamic baselining’ DDoS attack methodology and defensive measures have advanced steadily since then. Notable strides have been made in enhancing detection technologies.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the rapid growth of the internet, especially in areas like cloud computing, 5G, and IoT technologies, the scale of botnets continues to expand, intensifying the battle between attack and defense. In response, DDoS attacks have evolved, taking on a more intelligent form to evade security defenses.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

(“TA”), today announced it has completed its acquisition of Vercara, a leader in cloud-based services that secure the online experience, including managed authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) security offerings that protect organizations’ networks and applications.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2024

The post NSFOCUS Leads the Market with Advanced WAAP Technology appeared first on Security Boulevard. SANTA CLARA, Calif., a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks. SANTA CLARA, Calif.,

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. It encompasses identity access and management, privileged access management, password-less management controls, detection and response technology, encryption from the endpoint, through the network and into cloud and on-premises hosting environments.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The past week has been an eventful one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, from record DDoS attacks and three Microsoft zero-days to vulnerabilities in Linux, Apple, Citrix, and other widely used technologies. The botnet compromises these devices and enlists them in its DDoS swarm by exploiting several vulnerabilities in them.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Related: How 5G will escalate DDoS attacks Caught in the pull of digital transformation , companies are routing ever more core operations and services through the Internet, or, more precisely, through IP addresses, of one kind or another. Meanwhile, DDoS attacks are renowned for causing massive outages.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2025

Jamison Utter , security evangelist at A10 Networks , a supplier of network performance and DDoS defense technologies, offers another lens: adversaries are racing ahead, using AI to craft malware and orchestrate attacks at speeds no human scripter could match.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 18, 2025

On the other, hackers are harnessing the same technology to outpace defences, sharing AI-enhanced strategies that make them faster, smarter, cheaper and more adaptable. What was once a contest of firewalls and intrusion detection, is now a high-stakes game driven by AI.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It seems as if each day brings more harrowing stories about DDoS attacks that have been waged against enterprises, with each attack seemingly lasting longer and costing more than the ones before. This makes them susceptible to DDoS attacks. Such devices contain state information used to route and manage traffic.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 30, 2025

This heavy reliance on technology, however, makes it an attractive target for hackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities in trading systems and platforms. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) Attacks A DDoS attack happens when hackers flood a platforms servers with enough traffic to cause the platform to crash.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Researchers from Black Lotus Labs at Lumen Technologies, recently uncovered a multifunctional Go-based malware that was developed to target devices based on multiple architectures, including Windows and Linux. ” reads the analysis published by Lumen Technologies. ” continues the report. ” continues the report. .

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On Monday the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced it had charged Revesz with operating an international malware distribution scheme under the company name “Orcus Technologies.” Canadian investigators don’t appear to be buying Revesz’ claims.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at computer security firm Emsisoft , said the direct appeals to victim customers is a natural extension of other advertising efforts by the ransomware gangs, which recently included using hacked Facebook accounts to post victim shaming advertisements. .

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