The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts. DDoS attacks aren’t going to go away anytime soon. His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright.

DDOS 263

DDOS IoT DNS Internet 263

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published new details about the identity of “Rescator,” a Russian cybercriminal who is thought to be closely connected to the 2013 data breach at Target.

Cybercrime 231

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 231

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, alerts produced by one firewall under a DDoS attack can easily dwarf the number of alerts generated from a single exploit that hits hundreds of organizations. Simply looking at the raw numbers in this case would give the false impression that DDoS attacks have a far greater impact across the base of organizations.

Firewall 138

Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability 138

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Kentik’s solutions can protect core, edge, and cloud networks while adding DDoS and botnet protection, supply chain analytics, and synthetics. Catchpoint Features. Dynatrace offers a full-stack application performance monitoring and digital experience platform for modern hybrid environments. Kentik Features. ManageEngine. SolarWinds.

Marketing 120

Marketing DDOS Threat Detection DNS 120

Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Threat actors picking sides [1], group members turning against each other [2], some people handing out DDoS tools [3], some people blending in to turn it into profit [4], and many other stories, proving that this new frontier is changing daily, and its direct impact is not limited to geographical boundaries.

Malware 120

Malware DNS DDOS Phishing 120

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on macOS and Windows operating systems. In July 2021, we reported the previously unknown Tomiris Golang backdoor , deployed against government organizations within a CIS country through DNS hijacking.

Malware 137

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 137

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals have used common attack vectors in the past, such as website defacements and denial-of-service distributed attacks (DDoS). On April 7th, 2013, for instance, the most successful attack executed by Anonymous group using data leakage and DoS conditions against a huge number of Israeli websites was noted.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 106