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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz. The domain wmpay.ru

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IP-in-IP flaw affects devices from Cisco and other vendors

Security Affairs

IP-in-IP encapsulation is a tunneling protocol specified in RFC 2003 that allows for IP packets to be encapsulated inside another IP packets. This unexpected Data Processing Error (CWE-19) by a vulnerable device can be abused to perform reflective DDoS and in certain scenarios used to bypass network access control lists.”

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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

SecureList

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

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Evolution and rise of the Avaddon Ransomware-as-a-Service

Security Affairs

In 2021, Avaddon ransomware operators added support for Windows XP and 2003 for their malware and also started adding DDoS attacks as an extortion mechanism to force victims into paying the ransom. In August 2020, the group launched the 24×7 support for affiliates, the gang set up a chat and ticketing systems.

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Anonymous claims to have hacked German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft

Security Affairs

” Rosneft was already hit by Anonymous in the past, the website of Rosneft’s international was blocked by a massive DDoS attack the end of February. . Security circles suspect the hacker collective “Anonymous” to be behind the attack.” Rosneft boss Igor Ivanovich Sechin is a Russian politician and manager.

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The High Stakes of Cybersecurity in Online Gambling

SecureWorld News

DDoS Attacks: Distributed Denial of Service attacks can cripple gambling sites, causing downtime and loss of revenue. The risks are fairly obvious: Data Breaches: Online casinos hold vast amounts of sensitive user data, including personal and financial information. This makes them prime targets for cybercriminals.