Hoaxcalls Botnet Exploits Symantec Secure Web Gateways

Cyberattackers are targeting a post-authentication remote code-execution vulnerability in Symantec Secure Web Gateways as part of new Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnet attacks. Hoaxcalls first emerged in late March, as a variant of the Gafgyt/Bashlite family; it’s named after the domain used to host its...

Shifting Strategies

Formula One is always a sport I wanted to enjoy more than I actually did. I found the strategy always more compelling than the actual racing, which was usually just a procession. Of course, the crashes were always spectacular, not least because it would cause all the team strategies to be...

DDoS-for-hire service SuperiorStresser operator gets suspended sentence

By Deeba Ahmed SuperiorStresser DDoS-For-Hire service offered as low as £8 to carry out DDoS attacks... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS-for-hire service SuperiorStresser operator gets suspended sentence...

This Week in Security News: 7 Tips for Security Pros Patching in a Pandemic and Coinminer, DDoS Bot Attack Docker Daemon Ports

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, read about a malicious cryptocurrency miner and Distributed Denial of Service DDoS bot that targets open Docker daemon ports. Also, learn...

Kaiji IoT malware brute-forces Linux devices for DDoS attacks

By Sudais Asif A rare aspect of this IoT malware is that it was written from scratch. Usually, we have seen IoT malware coded in C or C++ yet Kaiji... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kaiji IoT malware brute-forces Linux devices for DDoS attacks...

Imperva Poised to Deliver its Leading Advanced Bot Protection and Network Security in India

With a presence in India since 2017, Imperva is continuing to provide a level of security excellence in the region. With Asia in general as both the target and source of most network DDoS attacks, and India topping the list for the first time in our latest DDoS threat landscape report, this is mo...

DDoS attacks in Q1 2020

News overview Since the beginning of 2020, due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, life has shifted almost entirely to the Web — people worldwide are now working, studying, shopping, and having fun online like never before. This is reflected in the goals of recent DDoS attacks, with the most targeted...

New Kaiji Botnet Targets IoT, Linux Devices

A new botnet has been infecting internet of things IoT devices and Linux-based servers, to then leverage them in distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The malware, dubbed Kaiji, has been written from scratch, which researchers say is “rare in the IoT botnet landscape” today. Kaiji, which wa...

MTN Group: XMLRPC, Enabling XPSA and Bruteforce and DOS + A file disclosing installer-logs.

Summary: XMLRPC+Installerlogs+BackupFilename+Adminusername+disclosure Steps To Reproduce: 1. I was able to successfully exploit XMLRPC with the traditional method, the brute-force was done the username was there in the Installer Logs 2. path to XMLRPC is http://13.92.255.102/xmlrpc.php + the...

More Insights on The Global DDoS Threat Landscape

Recently, edge services product manager David Elmaleh and Imperva Research Labs’ data scientist Johnathan Azaria shared their DDoS knowledge in a live BrightTalk webinar about the current threat landscape and what you need to do to ensure you are adequately prepared. David and Johnathan not only...

Fast-Moving DDoS Botnet Exploits Unpatched ZyXel RCE Bug

A new variant of the Hoaxcalls botnet, which can be marshalled for large-scale distributed denial-of-service DDoS campaigns, is spreading via an unpatched vulnerability impacting the ZyXEL Cloud CNM SecuManager that was disclosed last month. That’s according to researchers at Radware, who also sa...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in Spring 2020

By David Liebenberg. Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements continue to be dominated by ransomware and commodity trojans. As alluded to in last quarter’s report, ransomware actors have begun threatening to release sensitive information from victims as a means of further compelling them to...

EA Sports down – Gaming giant hit by massive DDoS attacks

By Waqas The DDoS attack has affected EA Sport's Origin platform which lets customers purchase and playing video games. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EA Sports down - Gaming giant hit by massive DDoS attacks...

The 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report: Simplify Security with Unified Tools and Monitoring

The CyberEdge Group’s recently released 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report CDR details findings based on a survey of 1200 security IT professionals from around the globe. Although multiple key takeaways emerged from analyzing their perceptions and insights, it’s worth digging a little further into o...

Dutch Police takes down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in one week

By Deeba Ahmed The Dutch police have been very vocal about its efforts to take down online DDoS-for-hire services and in the past six months. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dutch Police takes down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in one week...

Imperva is a Leader in the Forrester Wave: Web Application Firewalls, Q1

Web application firewalls continue to be a core technology function for securing critical assets, and for IT professionals, market analyst reports and validation are critical when deciding upon new WAF solutions. That’s why we’re proud to share that Imperva Cloud WAF has recently been recognized ...

Dark_Nexus Botnet Compromises Thousands of ASUS, D-Link Routers

A new botnet has compromised hundreds of ASUS, D-Link and Dasan Zhone routers over the past three months, as well as Internet of Things IoT devices like video recorders and thermal cameras. The botnet, called darknexus based on a string it prints in its banner, uses processes similar to previous...

Dark Nexus: A New Emerging IoT Botnet Malware Spotted in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new emerging IoT botnet threat that leverages compromised smart devices to stage 'distributed denial-of-service' attacks, potentially triggered on-demand through platforms offering DDoS-for-hire services. The botnet, named "darknexus" by Bitdefender...

Key Findings from the 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report

The new 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report CDR released this week. Now in its seventh year, the annual report provides a look at how global cybersecurity professionals perceive threats and plan to defend against them. The CDR enables cybersecurity professionals to benchmark their company’s security...

AppTrana Offers Protection to Online Businesses During Coronavirus Outbreak

These are unprecedented times, and everyone is going through a testing period, with more than 3 billion people locked down all over the world. Businesses are scrambling to stay afloat and are forced to move digital in a very short span of time without much preparation. As these businesses move...