Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Researchers discovered a 13,000-device MikroTik botnet exploiting DNS flaws to spoof 20,000 domains and deliver malware. Infoblox researchers discovered a botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices that exploits DNS misconfigurations to bypass email protections, spoof approximately 20,000 domains, and deliver malware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Perhaps the easiest and most popular cyber attack to execute is a DDoS, or Distributed Denial-of-Service attack. DDoS attacks can dramatically slow your website, and sophisticated attacks can completely crash your website’s server, making it inaccessible to visitors. Have a Paypal account and a target? It’s that easy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

“According to our IPS telemetry, attackers frequently reuse older attacks, which accounts for the continued spread of the FICORA and CAPSAICIN botnets to victim hosts and infected targets.” The malware FICORA is a variant of the Mirai malware, it includes DDoS attack capabilities using multiple protocols such as UDP, TCP, and DNS.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. io seem like a legitimate website.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

” Infoblox determined that until May 2023, domains ending in.info accounted for the bulk of new registrations tied to the malicious link shortening service, which Infoblox has dubbed “ Prolific Puma.” domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.) US phishing domains.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. 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. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 16, 2019

DNS amplification attacks continue to dominate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, while mobile devices make up a larger share of traffic.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the legitimate HTTP traffic of the victims, most of which are in China (96%). Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

.” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

A Pro-Russian group named NoName057(16) is targeting organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries with DDoS attacks. A Pro-Russian cybercrime group named NoName057 (16) (aka 05716nnm or Nnm05716) is behind a wave of DDoS attacks against organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries, SentinelOne researchers reported.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Please read the following post with this notion in mind: DoS doesn’t refer to the classic operating system, nor is DDoS a “Different” version of this system. DoS and DDoS are two common types of cyber attacks that can block legitimate users from getting access to your website. DDoS Attack.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In our last #AskSecPro article we discussed the differences between a DoS and a DDoS attack. Now that we understand what a DDoS attack is in concept, let’s learn a little more about the mechanisms involved in these attacks. Application Layer DDoS Attacks. This DDoS vector accounts for about 20 percent of all DDoS attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

So far in this #AskSecPro DDoS series we’ve covered both Application Layer DDoS Attacks and Protocol-Based DDoS Attacks. We’ve also identified the differences between a DoS and a DDoS attack. Volumetric DDoS Attacks. Volumetric DDoS Attacks. DNS (x28-54). SSDP (x30.8). NTP (x556.9). CharGEN (x358.8).

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS). Mirai represents a turning point for DDoS attacks: IoT botnets are the new norm. OVH DDoS attack. At that time, It was propelled in the spotlight when it was used to carry massive DDoS attacks against. Krebs on Security. via massive. Krebs on Security attack. August 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Bot protection products can also help prevent DDoS attacks.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To do this, the malware implant creates a new account and a new multiclient , which enables it to send and receive data from multiple clients concurrently, increasing the reliability of its communications with the bot master. NKAbuse contains a large arsenal of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale.

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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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Her customers can create and log in to their accounts using unique usernames and passwords. They can even save their personal financial information to their account, which is stored in Julia’s database. Cybercriminals used a DDoS attack to bring down Julia’s website. Julia’s website is an ideal target for cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

“Necurs is the multitool of botnets, evolving from operating as a spam botnet delivering banking trojans and ransomware to developing a proxy service, as well as cryptomining and DDoS capabilities,” explained Mike Benjamin, head of Black Lotus Labs. ” continues the blog post. ” concludes the post.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

DDoS, SQL injections, supply chain attacks, DNS tunneling – all pervasive attacks that can arrive on your doorstep anytime. Types of insider threats to look out for Insider threats amount to attacks via employee user accounts. User account administration is the best chance you stand against insider threats.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

DNS leak protection Kill switch No log policy. A password manager improves internet security by helping users create diverse, secure passwords for each account they own. Account takeover prevention Attachment sanitation Sandboxing. DDoS protection Challenge tests Honeypots for bad bots. Mobile applications. Back to top.

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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. Administrators can use network monitoring tools to enhance visibility and deepen performance control, fault tolerance, and system or account activity. Catchpoint Features. Kentik Features.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

These threats include: Spoofed websites : Threat actors direct internet users to sites that look legitimate but are designed to steal their account credentials. Email-based phishing attacks : These can include both of the above attacks and typically target employees through their business email accounts. Segmentation.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2021

Cybercriminals take advantage of security misconfigurations through unauthorized access to default accounts, rarely accessed web pages, unprotected files and folders, directory listings, etc. Using default accounts with default credentials. Further Reading: DDoS and SQL Injection Prevention and More. How to Prevent DOS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software. This software contains vulnerability CVE-2022-24198 that allows a specially crafted PDF to cause a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

These types of vulnerabilities are frequently used to launch other attacks, such as DDoS and cross-site scripting attacks. Transfer funds from one account to another. Change user passwords to hijack accounts. A CSRF attack was recently used to seize all control of a Brazilian bank’s DNS settings for over five hours.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2024

They can also block malicious requests, protect against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, and serve as a first line of defense in a network security strategy. Account Creation and Verification: The threat actor creates an account on Playit.gg account, often requiring verification through the website.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. Such threats, including traffic manipulation and DDoS attacks, will become much more frequent and effective due to the large number of insecure devices connected and wide bandwidth.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The attackers are mainly interested in collecting data on user accounts, IP addresses and session information; and they steal configuration files from programs that work directly with cryptocurrency and may contain account credentials. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

There are, at minimum, two schemes that need to be reviewed, but consider if you have more from this potential, and probably incomplete, list: Cloud service master account management AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Architecture (OCA), Name Service Registrars (E.g., PCI DSS v4.0

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. DDoS trojan. See DDoS for reference. Examples of Botnet Malware Attacks. RAM Scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.) Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks currently will be used more often against internet-exposed resources, but can also be used by an attacker to take down networks and internal servers.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Application and website security monitors and manages tools to prevent incidents such as server attacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Email security deploys tools , uses techniques, and implements protocols such as SPF , DKIM , and DMARC to prevent threats delivered via email and attachments.

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