“Huge upsurge” in DDoS attacks during pandemic

Researchers at Netscout have released a report analyzing the malicious internet traffic of 2020 and comparing it to the years before. Some of the results were as expected: Brute-forcing credentials and more targeting towards internet-connected devices were foreseeable and have been discussed at...

Gafgyt Botnet Lifts DDoS Tricks from Mirai

Several variants of the Gafgyt Linux-based botnet malware family have incorporated code from the infamous Mirai botnet, researchers have discovered. Gafgyt a.k.a. Bashlite is a botnet that was first uncovered in 2014. It targets vulnerable internet of things IoT devices like Huawei routers, Realt...

CVE-2021-22696

CXF supports via JwtRequestCodeFilter passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request JAR. Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from...

CVE-2021-22696

CXF supports via JwtRequestCodeFilter passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request JAR. Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from...

Authorization

CXF supports via JwtRequestCodeFilter passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request JAR. Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from...

CVE-2021-22696 OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks

CXF supports via JwtRequestCodeFilter passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request JAR. Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from...

Logic Flaw Vulnerability in NeoGoldenShield Firewall System

Zhongxin Golden Shield Firewall is a tool for detecting ddos attacks. There is a logic flaw vulnerability in the NeoGoldenShield Firewall system that can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

2021: Volumetric DDoS Attacks Rising Fast

In our 2020 DDoS retrospective, we highlighted the twists and turns of a very, very active threat landscape. As a quick refresher, we mitigated some of the largest attacks ever seen 1.44 Tbps and 809 Mpps; saw more attacks on customers across more diverse industries than ever before; and observed...

Pair of Apex Legends Players Banned for DDoS Server Attacks

Two high-ranked Apex Legends players have been banned from the platform for cheating by launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on an Xbox server. The players, who had achieved the rank of “Apex Predators” in the console version of the game haven’t been named, but the whole thing wen...

Apex Legend players banned for winning via DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Gaming studio Respawn has banned two Apex Legend players for winning via DDoS attacks which caused connectivity issues for other players. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apex Legend players banned for winning via DDoS attacks...

Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks

The financial services sector is still a prime target for cyber criminals and it has been widely reported that in 2020 financial institutions came under attack more than ever before. According to Boston Consulting Group research, financial service firms are up to 300 times more likely to experien...

D-Link, IoT Devices Under Attack By Tor-Based Gafgyt Variant

Researchers have discovered what they say is the first variant of the Gafgyt botnet family to cloak its activity using the Tor network. Gafgyt, a botnet that was uncovered in 2014, has become infamous for launching large-scale distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Researchers first discover...

Russian Hackers Targeted Ukraine Authorities With Supply-Chain Malware Attack

Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target systems of public authorities. "The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of informatio...

DDoS Attacks Wane in Q4 Amid Cryptomining Resurgence

Distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks dropped significantly at the end of 2020, down 31 percent in the fourth quarter, according to researchers. The reason? Cybercriminals have switched their efforts and their botnets to cryptomining. According to an analysis from Kaspersky published Tuesday...

Questions to Ask Your Application Security Provider

There is a great deal to consider when evaluating application security providers. Understanding your goals will help. If your goal is vendor consolidation, then selecting those that offer multiple security capabilities over single products may make more sense. And if your goal is out-of-the-box...

DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

News overview Cybercriminals are constantly on the lookout for means and methods to make attacks more destructive. In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC application delivery controller devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS interface. The DTLS Datagram Transport Layer Security protoco...

Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

A new distributed denial-of-service attack DDoS vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. "Plex's startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it ca...

API Security Checks in the Post-Pandemic World

The digital transformation journeys of many enterprises have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. For 2020, IT resources shifted to support WFH policies with mobile and remote productivity solutions, while simultaneously managing multiple datacenter migration projects to the cloud for scale...

A week in security (January 25 – January 31)

January 28 was Data Privacy Day, but for Malwarebytes Labs, it was Data Privacy Week. As such, were packed with more privacy coverage than you can shake a stick at, starting with some practical steps on how to make your online life private and secure, and why privacy is core to a safer internet. ...

RDP abused for DDoS attacks

We have talked about RDP many times before. It has been a popular target for brute force attacks for a long time, but attackers have now found a new way to abuse it. Remote access has become more important during the pandemic, with as many people as possible try to work from home. Which makes it...