CVE-2021-0280

Due to an Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on PTX platforms and QFX10K Series with Paradise PE chipset-based line cards, ddos-protection configuration changes made from the CLI will not take effect as expected beyond the default DDoS Distributed Denial of Service...

Is Remote Desktop Protocol Secure? It Can Be

Kroll’s Paul Drapeau, Jeff Macko and Isaiah Jensen also contributed to this report. Most of the problems with setting up Remote Desktop Protocol RDP for remote work involves making RDP accessible via the public internet. RDP itself is not a secure setup and therefore requires additional security...

Game Over: How to Stop DDoS Attacks on Online Gamers

You’re just about to take out a long-time rival, claim Victory Royale or round out a royal flush when your ping spikes or you’re DCed. Chances are you, or the game you’re playing, have been hit by a denial of service DoS attack. What’s the story? A recent report cited that of all cyber attacks...

activeTransactionBlocks are vulnerable to DDoS attacks

Handle pauliax Vulnerability details Impact There is a potential issue in function removeUserActiveBlocks and the for loop inside it. I assume you are aware of block gas limits they may be less relevant on other chains but still needs to be accounted for, so as there is no limit for...

Game over: Apex Legends players locked out by protest message

Messages placed directly in or around games is a common hack technique. It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or anything else the message-placer can think of. Messages can also be placed in games for the purposes of advertising but thats a tale for a different day. Recently, players of...

New Mirai-Inspired Botnet Could Be Using Your KGUARD DVRs in Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called "miraiptea" that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders DVR provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Chinese security firm...

Reddit: No Password Length Restriction leads to Denial of Service

Hey when I try to set the password while creating account I noticed that you haven't kept any password limit. You need to decrease password length :There are two reasons for limiting the password size. For one, hashing a large amount of data can cause significant resource consumption on behalf of...

Pandemic-Bored Attackers Pummeled Gaming Industry

Attacks on the gaming industry skyrocketed during the year of the pandemic, with attacks on web applications shooting up 340 percent in 2020. According to Akamai Technologies’ latest State of the Internet and Security report, Gaming in a Pandemic PDF, cyberattack traffic targeting the video game...

Weak Password Vulnerability in ChinaNetWizards Next-Generation Firewalls

ZKNETWORTH's next-generation firewall control system products are based on L2-7 layer access application control, integrating firewall, IPS intrusion detection, DDoS/DOS protection, AV virus protection; realizing comprehensive security protection for intranet, and providing security firewall...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Mingguo APT Attack (Cyber Warfare) Warning Platform (CNVD-2021-47701)

Hangzhou ACE Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a company that has been focusing on the research, development, production and sales of products in the field of network information security, such as Fortress, Remote Monitoring, Cloud Saas Service, Cloud WAF, Industrial Control, Online Remote Offi...

Logic Flaw Vulnerability in Mingguo APT Attack (Cyber Warfare) Warning Platform

Hangzhou ACE Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a company that has been focusing on the research, development, production and sales of products in the field of network information security, such as Fortress, Remote Monitoring, Cloud Saas Service, Cloud WAF, Industrial Control, Online Remote Offi...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service. Many of the...

Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Outages

UPDATE Major financial institutions, airlines and the Hong Kong stock exchange were knocked offline by a backfiring distributed denial-of-service DDoS mitigation service Thursday. The hour-long outage, which was triggered at approximately 1 a.m. EST Thursday, is tied to Akamai Technology’s...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service...

Imperva delivers mile high performance and protection with new PoPs in Denver and Dublin

We are very pleased to announce that we are extending our global coverage with the addition of two new PoPs points of presence in Denver in the US and Dublin, Ireland. The new PoPs will enhance Imperva’s existing network to provide enhanced protection against distributed denial of service DDoS...

Avaddon Ransomware Gang Evaporates Amid Global Crackdowns

Ransomware group Avaddon has decided to shutter its criminal enterprise after landing in the crosshairs of law-enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Australia. Avaddon, a prolific ransomware-as-a-service RaaS provider, released its decryption keys to BleepingComputer — 2,934 in total — with each k...

Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Zhongxin Golden Shield Firewall System

Golden Shield Firewall is a series of firewall products of Zhongxin Golden Shield specialized in anti-DDoS attack and anti-CC attack. There exists an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the firewall system, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

Another one bites the dust: Avaddon ransomware group shuts down operation

Are you seeing some pattern here? In what could be a called "shocking news" on Friday, BleepingComputer revealed that the gang behind the Avaddon ransomware shut down its operations after releasing more than 2,000 decryption keys to the technology news site. BleepingComputer claimed they received...

‘Fancy Lazarus’ Cyberattackers Ramp up Ransom DDoSes

A distributed denial-of-service DDoS extortion group has blazed back on the cybercrime scene, this time under the name of “Fancy Lazarus.” It’s been launching a series of new attacks that may or may not have any teeth, researchers said. The new name is a tongue-in-cheek combination of the...

Command Execution Vulnerability in the Control System of Next-Generation Firewall of Shenzhen Zhongke NetWizard Technology Co. Ltd (CNVD-2021-44001)

ZKNETWORTH's next-generation firewall control system products are based on L2-7 layer access application control, integrating firewall, IPS intrusion detection, DDoS/DOS protection, AV virus protection; realizing comprehensive security protection for intranet, and providing security firewall...