Docker Images Containing Cryptojacking Malware Distributed via Docker Hub

With Docker gaining popularity as a service to package and deploy software applications, malicious actors are taking advantage of the opportunity to target exposed API endpoints and craft malware-infested images to facilitate distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and mine cryptocurrencies...

Largest Ever Recorded Packet Per Second-Based DDoS Attack Mitigated by Akamai

On June 21, 2020, Akamai mitigated the largest packet per second PPS distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack ever recorded on the Akamai platform. The attack generated 809 million packets per second Mpps, targeting a large European bank...

Self-Propagating Lucifer Malware Targets Windows Systems

Security experts have identified a self-propagating malware, dubbed Lucifer, that targets Windows systems with cryptojacking and distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The never-before-seen malware initially tries to infect PCs by bombarding them with exploits in hopes of taking advantage of...

Key Elements for DDoS Detection, Mitigation and Analysis

Given today’s volatile DDoS threat landscape with attacks ranging from massive volumetric assaults to sophisticated and persistent application level threats, comprehensive protection is a must for online businesses. But what are the most important considerations for evaluating potential solutions...

DDoS Protection for Networks: Utilizing AS Prepending to Route Traffic Through Imperva

In order for Imperva to protect customers’ traffic using DDoS Protection for Networks, the Internet must select Imperva as the best path. So what does this mean? Does Imperva automatically take over the customer’s prefix and control the routing of the Internet? Well…not exactly. Internet Routing...

Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack

always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...

Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack

always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...

Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack

It always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...

AWS suffers largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 TBPS

By Waqas The DDoS attack was mitigated by AWS Shield DDoS protection service. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AWS suffers largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 TBPS...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (K97810133)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 11.6.5.2 / 12.1.5.2 / 13.1.3.4 / 14.1.2.6 / 15.0.1.4 / 15.1.0.4 / 16.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K97810133 advisory. A malicious actor who intentionally exploits this lack of...

The Bondnet Army

Guardicore Labs has recently picked up Bondnet, a botnet of thousands of compromised servers of varying power. Managed and controlled remotely, the Bondnet is currently used to mine different cryptocurrencies and is ready to be weaponized immediately for other purposes such as mounting DDoS attac...

Internet Bug Bounty: IP-in-IP protocol routes arbitrary traffic by default - CVE-2020-10136

Many machines 150K-180K on the internet accept and route IP over IP by default. IP-in-IP encapsulation is a tunneling protocol specified in RFC 2003 that allows for IP packets to be encapsulated inside another IP packets. This is very similar to IPSEC VPNs in tunnel mode, except in the case of...

No prison for cyber criminal duo behind vDOS DDoS for hire service

By Waqas The pair of two cyber criminals have received six months of community service. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: No prison for cyber criminal duo behind vDOS DDoS for hire service...

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SUBSCRIBE can be abused to send traffic to arbitrary destinations

Overview The Universal Plug and Play UPnP protocol in effect prior to April 17, 2020 can be abused to send traffic to arbitrary destinations using the SUBSCRIBE functionality. Description The UPnP protocol, as specified by the Open Connectivity Foundation OCF, is designed to provide automatic...

CVE-2020-12695 "CallStranger"

The Open Connectivity Foundation UPnP specification before 2020-04-17 does not forbid the acceptance of a subscription request with a delivery URL on a different network segment than the fully qualified event-subscription URL, aka the CallStranger issue. Recent assessments: kevthehermit at June 0...

Owners of DDoS-for-Hire Service vDOS Get 6 Months Community Service

The co-owners of vDOS, a now-defunct service that for four years helped paying customers launch more than two million distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks that knocked countless Internet users and websites offline, each have been sentenced to six months of community service by an Israeli...

Hybrid DDoS Protection is Like a Faulty Airbag

We know that some businesses are the target of constant DDoS attacks, while others face attacks less frequently. If your company falls on the side of less-frequent attacks or having never been attacked at all, you might be wondering, “does the threat still exist?” And “does it exist to the level ...

IP-in-IP protocol routes arbitrary traffic by default

Overview IP Encapsulation within IP RFC2003 IP-in-IP can be abused by an unauthenticated attacker to unexpectedly route arbitrary network traffic through a vulnerable device. Description IP-in-IP encapsulation is a tunneling protocol specified in RFC 2003 that allows for IP packets to be...

Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

When law enforcement agencies tout their latest cybercriminal arrest, the defendant is often cast as a bravado outlaw engaged in sophisticated, lucrative, even exciting activity. But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of...

Inside the Hoaxcalls Botnet: Both Success and Failure

The Hoaxcalls botnet, built to carry out large-scale distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks, has been actively in development since the beginning of the year. One of its hallmarks is that it uses different vulnerability exploits for initial compromise. Researchers, however, have discovered th...