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2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign -- A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original
Costarring Susan McReynolds and Tom Emmons As you might imagine, as the go-to enterprise DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" as the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel rages on. It's bigger, badder, and features a broader cast of criminal characters than seen...
Nextcloud: Potential DDoS when posting long data into workflow validation rules
A missing input validation in Nextcloud Server 20.0.1 allowed users to store unlimited data in workflow rules causing load and potential DDoS on later interactions and usage with those rules...
Potential for Iranian Cyber Response to U.S. Military Strike in Baghdad
Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is sharing the following information with the cybersecurity community as a primer for assisting in the protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure in light of the current tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the...
Election Security: Beyond Mail-In Voting
As a highly publicized event, every four years the U.S presidential election comes with inevitable security risks — and interest from high-level hackers and sophisticated cybercriminals looking to sway its results. The upcoming election ups the stakes — it has captured the attention of everyone...
This Week in Security News: Watering Hole Campaign Operation Earth Kitsune Spying on Users’ Systems and Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a watering hole campaign Trend Micro dubbed ‘Operation Earth Kitsune’ that is spying on users’ systems through compromised...
Juniper Junos MX/EX9200 Series: DDoS Vulnerability (JSA11062)
The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is MX series or EX9200 series prior to 17.2R3-S4, 17.2X75-D102, 17.3R3-S8, 17.4R2-S11,18.2R2-S7, 18.2X75-D30, or 18.3R2-S4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JSA11062 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested fo...
The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
Some of the worlds largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based security researcher, those seeking to de-platform these communities may have...
Imperva A Seven-Time Magic Quadrant Leader and Named Highest for Completeness of Vision for WAF
Gartner has published its 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls WAF and Imperva has been named a Leader for the seventh consecutive year! It’s rare to be a part of defining a market and even less common to lead that market through a fundamental shift. Leading the market throug...
2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign -- A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original
As the go-to enterprise distributed denial-of-service DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" since the release of the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel. This latest installment of the cybersecurity saga is bigger, badder, and features a broader cast of criminal...
CVE-2020-1665
On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS protection allows the device to continue to function while it is under DDoS attack, protecting bot...
Design/Logic Flaw
On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS protection allows the device to continue to function while it is under DDoS attack, protecting bot...
CVE-2020-1665 Junos OS: MX series/EX9200 Series: IPv6 DDoS protection does not work as expected.
On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS protection allows the device to continue to function while it is under DDoS attack, protecting bot...
CVE-2020-1665
Juniper Junos OS IPv6 DDoS protection can fail to activate under a threshold condition on MX Series and EX9200 Series with Trio-based PFEs. This may allow the Routing Engine (RE) and/or the Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) to become overwhelmed, potentially disrupting network protocol operations o...
News Wrap: Barnes & Noble Hack, DDoS Extortion Threats and More
The Threatpost editors break down the top security stories of the week ended Oct. 16, including: Patch Tuesday insanity, with Microsoft and Adobe releasing fixes for severe vulnerabilities – including a critical, potentially wormable remote code execution bug known as the “Ping of Death” Barnes a...
Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree
Nice looking website you've got there. It'd be a shame if someone DDoS'd it...
DDoS Extortion Examination
In terms of the Distributed Denial of Service DDoS landscape, 2020 was almost boring prior to the beginning of August. The excitement from the record peak Gbps and Mpps seen in early summer had worn off, and we weren't seeing...
CVE-2020-1665: Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements
On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS protection allows the device to continue to function while it is under DDoS attack, protecting bot...
What's Next in Security
Whenever we talk about what's next for Akamai's security portfolio, we clearly want to look at the challenges that are top of mind for our customers -- both today and tomorrow. And what a year 2020 has shaped up to be in terms of new challenges for CISOs and their security teams. While most of ou...
India Witnessed Spike in Cyber Attacks Amidst Covid-19 - Here's Why?
The COVID-19 outreach is turning out to be not only health, social, and economic hazard but also a cybersecurity crisis. The pandemic has presented new challenges for businesses in the areas of remote collaboration and business continuity. With increased remote working for better business...
Travelex, Other Orgs Face DDoS Threats as Extortion Campaign Rages On
Companies worldwide have continued to receive extortion emails threatening to launch a distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack on their network, unless they pay up – with British foreign-exchange company Travelex reportedly being one recent high-profile threat recipient. Researchers said that...