Imperva releases its Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report 2023

The 2023 Imperva Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report reviews DDoS attack activity throughout 2022, provides insights into the year’s most noteworthy DDoS events, and offers recommendations for the year ahead. While the report focuses mainly on research data from the application and network DDoS...

K42406850: F5 SIRT response to the Ukraine crisis

Security Advisory Description Over the past few weeks, the world has watched as tensions have risen between Russia and Ukraine, and most recently, those tensions have escalated into a military conflict. F5 is deeply concerned for the safety of those in harm's way and the impact to everyone affect...

New Mirai Botnet Variant 'V3G4' Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices

A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging several security vulnerabilities to propagate itself to Linux and IoT devices. Observed during the second half of 2022, the new version has been dubbed V3G4 by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which identified three different...

Mirai Variant V3G4 Exploiting IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks

By Waqas The V3G4 malware was caught leveraging several vulnerabilities in IoT devices to spread its infection from July to December of 2022. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mirai Variant V3G4 Exploiting IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks...

A week in security (February 6 - 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004? Florida hospital takes entire IT systems offline after 'ransomware attack' Introducing Malwarebytes Mobile Security for...

KillNet hits healthcare sector with DDoS attacks

At the end of January, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned that the KillNet group is actively targeting the US healthcare sector with distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA says it helped dozens of hospitals...

Tor Network Hit By a Series of Ongoing DDoS Attacks

By Habiba Rashid Has your Tor browser been slow for the past few months? Well, you are not alone; the ongoing DDoS attacks on the Tor network are keeping it slow worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tor Network Hit By a Series of Ongoing DDoS Attacks...

A new botnet called the Medusa Botnet is emerging via Mirai Botnet targeting Linux users

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Mirai is a botnet that has been active since 2016 and exploits vulnerabilities in Linux-based networking devices like routers and IoT devices to gain control and perform malicious activities like...

Hospitals Hit by DDoS Attacks as Killnet Group Targets the Healthcare Sector – What You Need to do Now

The increase in DDoS attacks on healthcare organizations in the US in the last 48 hours by the Pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet has become a serious concern. These types of attacks are designed to overload a network or system with traffic, making it difficult or impossible for users to access...

Why Attackers Target the Financial Services Industry

This is Part 1 of a new monthly series from Imperva Threat Research exploring attackers’ motivations to target specific industries. Stay tuned for next months’ exploration of the healthcare industry! Key Takeaways Financial services sites are the most targeted , and it’s important to stay ahead o...

Realtek Vulnerability Under Attack: Over 134 Million Attempts to Hack IoT Devices

Researchers are warning about a spike in exploitation attempts weaponizing a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Realtek Jungle SDK since the start of August 2022. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the ongoing campaign is said to have recorded 134 million exploit attempts as...

3 Lifehacks While Analyzing Orcus RAT in a Malware Sandbox

Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan with some distinctive characteristics. The RAT allows attackers to create plugins and offers a robust core feature set that makes it quite a dangerous malicious program in its class. RAT is quite a stable type that always makes it to the top. --- ANY.RUN's top...

Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group NoName057(16) Launches Cyber Attacks on Ukraine and NATO Organizations

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary NoName05716 is a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been conducting a campaign of DDoS attacks on Ukraine and NATO organizations since the early days of the war in Ukraine. The group has targeted...

DDoS Attacks Hit Denmark Central Bank and 7 Private Banks

By Habiba Rashid Along with the websites of the central bank, Bankdata—a company that develops IT solutions for the financial industry—was also targeted by a DDoS attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks Hit Denmark Central Bank and 7 Private Banks...

New shc-based Linux Malware Targeting Systems with Cryptocurrency Miner

A new Linux malware developed using the shell script compiler shc has been observed deploying a cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems. "It is presumed that after successful authentication through a dictionary attack on inadequately managed Linux SSH servers, various malware were installed o...

New Go-based Botnet Exploiting Exploiting Dozens of IoT Vulnerabilities to Expand its Network

NOTE: In this blog, Zerobot refers to a botnet that spreads primarily through IoT and web application vulnerabilities. It is not associated with the chatbot ZeroBot.ai. A novel Go-based botnet called Zerobot has been observed in the wild proliferating by taking advantage of nearly two dozen...

Hackers Exploiting Redis Vulnerability to Deploy New Redigo Malware on Servers

A previously undocumented Go-based malware is targeting Redis servers with the goal of taking control of the infected systems and likely building a botnet network. The attacks involve taking advantage of a critical security vulnerability in the open source, in-memory, key-value store that was...

New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed RapperBot malware is known for brute-forcing SSH servers that can accept password authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks...

Warning: New RapperBot Campaign Aims to Launch DDoS Attacks at Game Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new samples of malware called RapperBot that are being used to build a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks against game servers. "In fact, it turns out that this campaign is less like RapperBot than an older campaign that...

2022 holiday DDoS protection guide

The holiday season is an exciting time for many people as they get to relax, connect with friends and family, and celebrate traditions. Organizations also have much to rejoice about during the holidays for example, more sales for retailers and more players for gaming companies. Unfortunately, cyb...