Apple Mac OS X 10.12/iOS 10 SecureTransport SSL handshake OCSP MiTM and DoS

Exploit for macOS platform in category dos / poc Apple macOS 10.12/iOS 10 SecureTransport SSL handshake OCSP MiTM and DoS --- 0. Description ---- The latest macOS and iOS have weak OCSP validation process which allow attacker to send OCSP requests up to 200k in name of victim during MiTM attack...

Mirai-Fueled IoT Botnet Behind DDoS Attacks on DNS Providers

A botnet of connected things strung together by the Mirai malware is responsible for Friday’s distributed denial-of-service attacks against DNS provider Dyn. The DDoS attacks impacted Internet service on the East Coast of the United States, and were responsible for keeping Dyn and a number of its...

An Army of Million Hacked IoT Devices Almost Broke the Internet Today

A massive Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack against Dyn, a major domain name system DNS provider, broke large portions of the Internet on Friday, causing a significant outage to a ton of websites and services, including Twitter, GitHub, PayPal, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, and Spotify. But ho...

On the Dangers of Skyping and Typing, Fingerprint Warrants, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook briefly talk about the Dyn DDoS attack and the Linux bug Dirty Cow before discussing the dangers of Skyping and typing, the fingerprint warrant story, hiding credit card numbers in images, and more. Show notes: Dyn Confirms DDoS Attack Affecting Twitter, Github, Many...

DYN Confirms DDoS Attack Knocking Out Twitter, Spotify Other Major Sites

Update DNS provider Dyn has confirmed two massive distributed denial of service attacks against its servers Friday impacting many of its customers including Twitter, Spotify and GitHub. The attacks came in two waves, one early Friday morning and a second just a few hours later. “This attack is...

Massive DDoS Attack Against Dyn DNS Service Knocks Popular Sites Offline

UPDATE — How an army of million of hacked Internet-connected smart devices almost broke the Internet today. Cyber attacks are getting evil and worst nightmare for companies day-by-day, and the Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack is one such attacks that cause a massive damage to any service...

Mirai Bots More Than Double Since Source Code Release

The Mirai malware continues to recruit vulnerable IoT devices into botnets at a record pace, one that’s only gone up since the source code for Mirai was made public two weeks ago. Level 3 Communications, a telecommunications company and Internet service provider in Colorado, has identified the...

Ian Dunn: No CAPTCHA ia exist in pages

No CAPTCHA is exist in the "Wordpress-backup-options" and "contact" pages. Due to the fact that the webpage has no CAPTCHA mechanism any attacker can perform DOS/DDOS attack and perform Daniel of Service attack to the server. Links: Wordpress-backup-options page:...

Sierra Wireless Warns Cellular Data Gear Targeted by Mirai Malware

Sierra Wireless is warning customers to change default factory credentials on its AireLink gatway communications gear or risk being infected by Mirai malware. Mirai malware scans the Internet for IoT gear such as DVRs and IP-enabled cameras and other devices that are protected by default or...

12-Year-Old SSH Bug Exposes More than 2 Million IoT Devices

Are your internet-connected devices spying on you? Perhaps. We already know that the Internet of Thing IoT devices are so badly insecure that hackers are adding them to their botnet network for launching Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks against target services. But, these connected...

IoT Botnet Uses HTTP Traffic to DDoS Targets

The IoT botnet behind some of the largest publicly recorded DDoS attacks is flooding its targets with HTTP traffic, generating more than one million requests per second in some cases, in order to bring down web applications. The attacks were recorded prior to the release of the source code fuelin...

When DVRs Attack: Post IoT Attack Analysis

Researchers examining the aftermath of last month’s massive distributed denial-of-service attack against KrebsOnSecurity.com and French hosting giant OVH have identified key flaws that contributed significantly in those attacks and have unearthed new details on how the assaults were carried out...

IoT Botnets Are The New Normal of DDoS Attacks

If you’ve been on the wrong end of what passes for a modern-day DDoS attack, you’re well familiar with the firepower of the almighty DVR. That’s right, the innocuous set-top box responsible for the posterity of your Game of Thrones seasons 1-6 is behind some of the biggest swarming attacks agains...

Source Code Released for Mirai DDoS Malware

The dangers of haphazardly connecting embedded devices to the Internet have manifested themselves in mammoth distributed denial-of-service attacks, in particular one two weeks ago against security journalist Brian Krebs’ website that peaked at better than 620 Gbps. The situation worsened over the...

Source Code for IoT botnet responsible for World's largest DDoS Attack released Online

With rapidly growing Internet of Thing IoT devices, they have become a much more attractive target for cybercriminals. Just recently we saw a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks against the France-based hosting provider OVH that reached over one Terabit per second 1 Tbps,...

Multiple Backdoors found in D-Link DWR-932 B LTE Router

If you own a D-Link wireless router, especially DWR-932 B LTE router, you should get rid of it, rather than wait for a firmware upgrade that never lands soon. D-Link DWR-932B LTE router is allegedly vulnerable to over 20 issues, including backdoor accounts, default credentials, leaky credentials,...

World's largest 1 Tbps DDoS Attack launched from 152,000 hacked Smart Devices

Do you know — Your Smart Devices may have inadvertently participated in a record-breaking largest cyber attack that Internet has just witnessed. If you own a smart device like Internet-connected televisions, cars, refrigerators or thermostats, you might already be part of a botnet of millions of...

On Schneier's DDoS Article, OS X Malware Detection, and Patches

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Schneier’s DDoS article, a patched IE/Edge zero day, a new OS X malware detection method, and Google’s Project Zero prize. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapSeptember162016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Bruce Schneier on Probing Attacks Testing Core Internet Infrastructure

Bruce Schneier talks to Mike Mimoso about information he was given regarding an increase in DDoS and probing attacks targeting companies running core internet infrastructure in an attempt to test their defenses. For some additional context about this conversation, read an article by Schneier on...

Here's How Hackers Can Disrupt '911' Emergency System and Put Your Life at Risk

What would it take for hackers to significantly disrupt the US' 911 emergency call system? It only takes 6,000 Smartphones. Yes, you heard it right! According to new research published last week, a malicious attacker can leverage a botnet of infected smartphone devices located throughout the...