Microsoft Warns Rise in XorDdos Malware Targeting Linux Devices

A Linux botnet malware known as XorDdos has witnessed a 254% surge in activity over the last six months, according to latest research from Microsoft. The trojan, so named for carrying out denial-of-service attacks on Linux systems and its use of XOR-based encryption for communications with its...

Rise in XorDdos: A deeper look at the stealthy DDoS malware targeting Linux devices

In the last six months, we observed a 254% increase in activity from a Linux trojan called XorDdos. First discovered in 2014 by the research group MalwareMustDie, XorDdos was named after its denial-of-service-related activities on Linux endpoints and servers as well as its usage of XOR-based...

Rise in XorDdos: A deeper look at the stealthy DDoS malware targeting Linux devices

In the last six months, we observed a 254% increase in activity from a Linux trojan called XorDdos. First discovered in 2014 by the research group MalwareMustDie, XorDdos was named after its denial-of-service-related activities on Linux endpoints and servers as well as its usage of XOR-based...

3 Recommendations to Ensure Your API Security Solution can Drive Data Visibility and Quality

Today at least 90% of developers are using APIs in cloud-native web application development. According to new data collected by Forrester Research and presented in their report, Improve API Performance with a Sound API Security Strategy, 62 percent of IT decision makers believe the value they gai...

VMware Releases Patches for New Vulnerabilities Affecting Multiple Products

VMware has issued patches to contain two security flaws impacting Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation that could be exploited to backdoor enterprise networks. The first of the two flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-22972 CVSS score: 9.8, concerns an authentication bypass that...

The Growing Threat of Ransom DDoS Attacks Requires Effective Prevention and Mitigation

By Waqas Essentially, ransom DDoS attacks are just DDoS with a ransom demand but a sudden increase in these attacks… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Growing Threat of Ransom DDoS Attacks Requires Effective Prevention and Mitigation...

Are You Investing in Securing Your Data in the Cloud?

Traditional businesses migrating to the cloud need robust information security mechanisms. Gartner predicts that more than 95% of new digital workloads will continue to be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2025. Robust cloud data securityhttps://www.indusface.com/blog/10-ways-to-...

CVE-2022-1728

Allowing long password leads to denial of service in polonel/trudesk in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

Design/Logic Flaw

Allowing long password leads to denial of service in polonel/trudesk in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

CVE-2022-1728

CVE-2022-1728 affects trudesk (polonel/trudesk) prior to 1.2.2. The root cause is lack of validation for password length, enabling an attacker to cause a denial of service by submitting a very long password. Impact described in connected documents is a DoS where genuine users cannot access resour...

CVE-2022-1728 Allowing long password leads to denial of service in polonel/trudesk in polonel/trudesk

Allowing long password leads to denial of service in polonel/trudesk in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

Researchers Warn of "Eternity Project" Malware Service Being Sold via Telegram

An unidentified threat actor has been linked to an actively in-development malware toolkit called the "Eternity Project" that lets professional and amateur cybercriminals buy stealers, clippers, worms, miners, ransomware, and a distributed denial-of-service DDoS bot. What makes this...

GHSA-VXQH-MX28-7GHW Moodle Portfolio script allows instantiation of class chosen by user

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

Moodle Portfolio script allows instantiation of class chosen by user

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

Threat Actors Use Telegram to Spread ‘Eternity’ Malware-as-a-Service

Cybercriminals are promoting a new, modular malware-as-a-service offering that allows would-be attackers to choose from a cornucopia of threats via a Telegram channel that to date has more than 500 subscribers, researchers have found. The new malware service, dubbed the Eternity Project by the...

CVE-2022-1698

Allowing long password leads to denial of service in GitHub repository causefx/organizr prior to 2.1.2000. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

CVE-2022-1699

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitHub repository causefx/organizr prior to 2.1.2000. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

Code injection

Allowing long password leads to denial of service in GitHub repository causefx/organizr prior to 2.1.2000. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

Code injection

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitHub repository causefx/organizr prior to 2.1.2000. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications...

CVE-2022-1698

CVE-2022-1698 affects Organizr versions prior to 2.1.2000. The root cause is that accepting extremely long passwords causes CPU/memory exhaustion during hashing, enabling denial of service for genuine users. Public sources in the connected documents confirm the vulnerability leads to DoS and indi...