Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. Mirai botnets are frequently used to conduct DDoS attacks.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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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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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Netscout is reporting a spate of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a problematic engineering decision in the popular Plex media server. “That includes the broadband internet access router. “That includes the broadband internet access router.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

At the end of January, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned that the KillNet group is actively targeting the US healthcare sector with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says it helped dozens of hospitals respond to these DDoS incidents.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Implement rate limiting to harden against DDoS and DNS tunneling attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Researchers spotted an updated version of the KmsdBot botnet that is now targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

Since Linux is deployed on many IoT (Internet of Things) devices and cloud infrastructures, we are likely to see DDoS (distributed denial-of-system) attacks from botnets that have compromised such devices. The only simple (yet effective) tactic it uses is to brute force its way to gain root access to various Linux architectures.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

. “This service enables an entire suite of activities, including scalable exploitation of bots, vulnerability and exploit management, remote management of C2 infrastructure, file uploads and downloads, remote command execution, and the ability to tailor IoT-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at-scale.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The malicious code can target various architectures, it supports both flooder and backdoor capabilities. The primary target of NKAbuse is Linux desktops, however, it can target MISP and ARM architecture. NKN (New Kind of Network) is a decentralized peer-to-peer network protocol that relies on blockchain technology.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. com) with links to the bot was among the 48 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 7, 2024

SaaS: Includes ready-to-use software applications via the internet, controlled entirely by the vendor, with little customer configuration and maintenance requirements. Multi-tenant cloud: A public cloud architecture feature that allows multiple clients to share the same environment while keeping their data segregated.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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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%). The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers. million devices.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Healthcare organizations are taking advantage of the many benefits of cloud and SaaS, accessing apps and data over the Internet. Access controls are the nexus of security and the expanding perimeter, and zero trust is the architecture that encompasses it. Zero trust is an all-inclusive security and privacy architecture.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts noticed that the malware supports multiple CPU architectures, including x86(32/64), ARM(32/64), MIPS(MIPS32/MIPS-III) and PPC, it is written in the Go open-source programming language. The malware is able to wipe content from home routers, Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices, and Linux servers. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Dark Utilities is advertised as a platform to enable remote access, command execution, conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cryptocurrency mining operations on infected systems. It allows threat actors to target multiple architectures without requiring technical skills.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the NCSC warns that it is likely that Sandworm is capable of compiling the same or very similar malware for other architectures and firmware. Among the latest attacks on Ukraine was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Internet access to the management interface of any device is a security risk.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public Cloud Environments A public cloud architecture is a shared infrastructure hosted by a cloud service provider. Public clouds enable multiple businesses to share resources from a shared pool over the internet. DDoS Attacks How they occur: With a greater cloud attack surface to defend, DDoS attacks can be harder to prevent.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dark web services: DDoS attacks, botnets, and zero-day IoT vulnerabilities Of all IoT-related services offered on the dark web, DDoS attacks are worth examining first. See translation I’m the world’s best-known DDoS attacker for hire (getting ahead of myself here). Our advantages: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Incidents of malware targeting Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices jumped by more than a third in 2021, with three malware families the primary drivers behind the increase. That echoes similar reports that have shown an increase in DDoS attacks worldwide. Also read: Top 8 DDoS Protection Service Providers for 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Examine the security risks associated with IoT devices, including privacy concerns, data integrity, and device authentication.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2022

CISA added 7 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog TA558 cybercrime group targets hospitality and travel orgs Russia-linked Cozy Bear uses evasive techniques to target Microsoft 365 users CISA added SAP flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog A flaw in Amazon Ring could expose user’s camera recordings Cisco fixes High-Severity (..)

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Written in Go, it is flexible enough to generate binaries compatible with various architectures. The implant is downloaded from the same server; it is named “ app_linux_{ARCH}”, where “{ARCH}” is the target OS architecture. NKAbuse contains a large arsenal of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new IoT botnet, tracked as Dark Nexux, that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Dark Nexux is the name of a new emerging IoT botnet discovered by Bitdefender that is used to launch DDoS attacks. through 8.6). net:80), and then executes them.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) represents vast opportunities for the public sector. Today’s Internet of Things might as well be called the Internet of Threats. These families are a particularly formidable threat to the public sector — in the form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Experts revealed details on the tools and techniques used by the botnet to compromise Linux devices and recruit them in launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The Momentum bot targets various Linux platforms running upon multiple CPU architectures, including ARM, MIPS, Intel, and Motorola 68020.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2023

The experts discovered that the malicious code had been compiled for different architectures. The AVrecon malware was written in C to ensure portability and designed to target ARM-embedded devices. Then, the infected system starts to begin interacting with a separate set of servers, the so-called second-stage C2 servers. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. Hackers can spread malware via IoT networks, disrupt supply chains in development, and use a fleet of routers as an IoT botnet to launch a DDoS attack. Also Read: Cloudflare Fended Off Mirai Botnet DDoS Attack. 5G Systems Architecture. How is 5G Different?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The attack chain starts with scans for the Redis server exposing port 6379 to the internet, then threat actors attempt to connect and run the following Redis commands: INFO command – this command allows adversaries to receive information about our Redis server. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Multiple-extortion attacks that utilize data theft, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, customer communications, and more as layered extortion tactics to increase ransom payouts. Here are some best practices recommendations to safeguard your organization against ransomware: Get your applications off of the internet.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks. The botnet supports the following capabilities: DDoS attack Collecting Bot Information Execute the payload of the specified URL Update the sample from the specified URL Execute system or custom commands.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Security experts from Sophos Labs have spotted a new piece of IoT malware tracked as Chalubo that is attempting to recruit devices into a botnet used to launch DDoS attacks. The IoT malware ran only on systems with an x86 architecture. ” reads the analysis from Sophos Labs. ” reads the analysis from Sophos Labs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A variant discovered last year was leveraging an open-source project to target multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

A new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked as Moobot, was spotted scanning the Internet for vulnerable Tenda routers. Researchers from AT&T Alien Lab have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked asu Moobot, which was scanning the Internet for the CVE-2020-10987 remote code-execution (RCE) issue in Tenda routers.

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