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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

“If you need a server for a botnet, for malware, brute, scan, phishing, fakes and any other tasks, please contact us,” BEARHOST’s ad on one forum advises. A fake browser update page pushing mobile malware. And BEARHOST has been cultivating its reputation since at least 2019. Image: Intrinsec.

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DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 20, 2020

A Georgia man who co-founded a service designed to protect companies from crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has pleaded to paying a DDoS-for-hire service to launch attacks against others. Tucker Preston , 22, of Macon, Ga., ” Preston declined to comment for this story.

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German Police Raid DDoS-Friendly Host ‘FlyHosting’

Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2023

Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting , a dark web offering that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. “Police says: They support ddos attacks, C&C/C2 and stresser a bit too much. A seizure notice left on the FlyHosting domains. .

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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 15

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Over 300,000!

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MikroTik botnet relies on DNS misconfiguration to spread malware

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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35 Million Devices Vulnerable: Matrix DDoS Campaign Highlights Growing IoT Threat

Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Aqua Nautilus researchers have uncovered a major Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaign led by a threat actor operating under the name Matrix.

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Russia Creates Malware False-Flag App

Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2022

It’s actually malware, and provides information back to the Russians: The hackers pretended to be a “community of free people around the world who are fighting russia’s aggression”—much like the IT Army. But the app they developed was actually malware. com. […].

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Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

terabit-per-second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Terabit per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the largest attack ever reported. The previous largest DDoS attack blocked by Cloudflare occurred in October 2024 and peaked at 3.8 Cloudflare announced that it has blocked a record-breaking 5.6

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. Here’s a look at one long-lived malware vulnerability testing service that is used and run by some of the Dark Web’s top cybercriminals. RedBear’s profile on the Russian-language xss[.]is

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Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2019

On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of hospitals in 2014. Daniel Kaye , an Israel-U.K. A report on the trial from the BBC says Kaye wept as he was taken away to jail.

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No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine

Security Boulevard

MARCH 12, 2025

The post No, Elon X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine appeared first on Security Boulevard. X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain.

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Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Disneyland Team’s Web interface, which allows them to interact with malware victims in real time to phish their login credentials using phony bank websites. “It is possible to block for an hour with this button, in this case they get less frustrated, within the hours ddos will kill their network.”

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GUEST ESSAY: How amplified DDoS attacks on Ukraine leverage Apple’s Remote Desktop protocol

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. A10’s security research team recorded a significant spike in the number of potential DDoS weapons available for exploitation in 2021 and early 2022. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread. Key findings follow.

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ShellBot DDoS Malware Targets Poorly Managed Linux Servers

Heimadal Security

MARCH 22, 2023

A new campaign is deploying variants of the ShellBot malware, specifically targeting poorly maintained Linux SSH servers. It seems the threat actors use scanner malware to find systems that have SSH port 22 open and proceed to install ShellBot on the servers that have weak credentials.

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KrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On Thursday evening, KrebsOnSecurity was the subject of a rather massive (and mercifully brief) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. But on Thursday DDoS protection firm Qrator Labs identified the culprit — “Meris” — a new IoT monster that first emerged at the end of June 2021. In its Aug.

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PHP Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Malware and Launch DDoS Attacks

The Hacker News

JULY 10, 2024

Multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets.

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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 36

Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2025

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Experts believe that Russian Gamaredon APT could fuel a new round of DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

360 Qihoo reported DDoS attacks launched by APT-C-53 (aka Gamaredon) conducted through the open-source DDoS Trojan program LOIC. The instances of the malware spotted by the experts were compiled in early March, a few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. ” reads the analysis published by 360 Qihoo. defective88.maizuko.**

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DDoS attacks in Q3 2022

SecureList

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In Q3 2022, DDoS attacks were, more often than not, it seemed, politically motivated. As before, most news was focused on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but other high-profile events also affected the DDoS landscape this quarter. The attackers stated on Telegram that they were “testing a new DDoS method.”

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Enemybot, a new DDoS botnet appears in the threat landscape

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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The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack. [.]

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Researchers Warn of CatDDoS Botnet and DNSBomb DDoS Attack Technique

The Hacker News

MAY 28, 2024

The threat actors behind the CatDDoS malware botnet have exploited over 80 known security flaws in various software over the past three months to infiltrate vulnerable devices and co-opt them into a botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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A cyber attack hit Japan Airlines delaying ticket sales for flights

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Source Associated Press The airline determined that threat actors carried out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to overwhelm the target systems in an attempt to crash them. Japan Airlines confirmed that its systems were not infected with malware and no customer data was leaked.

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HelloKitty ransomware gang also targets victims with DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

According to the alert, the ransomware gang is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks as part of its extortion activities. In some cases, if the victim does not respond quickly or does not pay the ransom, the threat actors will launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the victim company’s public facing website.”

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Microsoft Repeatedly Burned in ‘Layer 7’ DDoS

Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2023

The post Microsoft Repeatedly Burned in ‘Layer 7’ DDoS appeared first on Security Boulevard. Unlucky number: Time and again this month, “Russian” hackers bring down Microsoft clouds.

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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack. [.]

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Unraveling the truth behind the DDoS attack from electric toothbrushes

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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Microsoft Fights Off Another Record DDoS Attack as Incidents Soar

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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Borat RAT, a new RAT that performs ransomware and DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Cyble researchers discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) named Borat capable of conducting DDoS and ransomware attacks. Unlike other RATs, the Borat RAT provides Ransomware and DDOS services to attackers expanding their capabilities. DDOS – This module is used to perform a DDOS attack. ” concludes Cyble.

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Mirai DDoS malware variant expands targets with 13 router exploits

Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A Mirai-based DDoS (distributed denial of service) malware botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new payloads to target Linux-based routers and routers from D-Link, Zyxel, TP-Link, TOTOLINK, and others. [.]

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Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2023

UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies. The post Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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HermeticWiper: New data?wiping malware hits Ukraine

We Live Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Hundreds of computers in Ukraine compromised just hours after a wave of DDoS attacks brings down a number of Ukrainian websites. The post HermeticWiper: New data‑wiping malware hits Ukraine appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Linux malware sees 35% growth during 2021

Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 15, 2022

The number of malware infections on Linux-based IoT (internet of things) devices rose by 35% in 2021 compared to the previous year's numbers. The principal goal was recruiting devices to be part of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. [.].

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NKAbuse Threat Uses NKN Blockchain Network for DDoS Attacks

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A new multiplatform threat that uses the peer-to-peer (P2P) NKN network connectivity protocol as a communication channel for launching a range of threats, from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to a remote access trojan (RAT).

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Alert: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Targets Public Docker Engine APIs to Hijack Containers

The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Publicly-accessible Docker Engine API instances are being targeted by threat actors as part of a campaign designed to co-opt the machines into a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet dubbed OracleIV.

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Cloudflare blocked a 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack aimed at the Minecraft server

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. The largest attack was a 2.5 ” continues the report.

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Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months

Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

Based on a case study in 2015 , Akamai strengthened the theory that the malware may be of Asian origin based on its targets. Microsoft said that XorDDoS continues to home on Linux-based systems, demonstrating a significant pivot in malware targets. Such powerful attacks are no longer conducted just to disrupt.

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New RapperBot Campaign targets game servers with DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered new samples of the RapperBot malware that are being used to build a DDoS botnet to target game servers. ” continues the report.

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Cloudflare Blocks Record DDoS Attack as Threats Surge

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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New Condi malware builds DDoS botnet out of TP-Link AX21 routers

Bleeping Computer

JUNE 20, 2023

A new DDoS-as-a-Service botnet called "Condi" emerged in May 2023, exploiting a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers to build an army of bots to conduct attacks. [.]

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UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime

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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Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Gbps and 659.6 Mpps over 14 hours.” Gbps and 659.6 Gbps and 659.6

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Cloudflare mitigated 2 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest attack it has seen to date

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at almost 2 terabytes per second (Tbps). is an American web infrastructure and website security company that provides content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Cloudflare, Inc.

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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS

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German Police Raid DDoS-Friendly Host ‘FlyHosting’

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MikroTik botnet relies on DNS misconfiguration to spread malware

35 Million Devices Vulnerable: Matrix DDoS Campaign Highlights Growing IoT Threat

Russia Creates Malware False-Flag App

Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack

This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS

No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine

Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

GUEST ESSAY: How amplified DDoS attacks on Ukraine leverage Apple’s Remote Desktop protocol

ShellBot DDoS Malware Targets Poorly Managed Linux Servers

KrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”

PHP Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Malware and Launch DDoS Attacks

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 36

Experts believe that Russian Gamaredon APT could fuel a new round of DDoS attacks

DDoS attacks in Q3 2022

Enemybot, a new DDoS botnet appears in the threat landscape

The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack

Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Researchers Warn of CatDDoS Botnet and DNSBomb DDoS Attack Technique

A cyber attack hit Japan Airlines delaying ticket sales for flights

HelloKitty ransomware gang also targets victims with DDoS attacks

Microsoft Repeatedly Burned in ‘Layer 7’ DDoS

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack

Unraveling the truth behind the DDoS attack from electric toothbrushes

Microsoft Fights Off Another Record DDoS Attack as Incidents Soar

Borat RAT, a new RAT that performs ransomware and DDoS attacks

Mirai DDoS malware variant expands targets with 13 router exploits

Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

HermeticWiper: New data?wiping malware hits Ukraine

Linux malware sees 35% growth during 2021

NKAbuse Threat Uses NKN Blockchain Network for DDoS Attacks

Alert: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Targets Public Docker Engine APIs to Hijack Containers

Cloudflare blocked a 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack aimed at the Minecraft server

Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months

New RapperBot Campaign targets game servers with DDoS attacks

Cloudflare Blocks Record DDoS Attack as Threats Surge

New Condi malware builds DDoS botnet out of TP-Link AX21 routers

UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime

Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers

Cloudflare mitigated 2 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest attack it has seen to date

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