Researchers Warn of Linux Cryptojacking Attackers Operating from Romania

A threat group likely based in Romania and active since at least 2020 has been behind an active cryptojacking campaign targeting Linux-based machines with a previously undocumented SSH brute-forcer written in Golang. Dubbed "Diicot brute," the password cracking tool is alleged to be distributed v...

CVE-2021-0280

Due to an Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on PTX platforms and QFX10K Series with Paradise PE chipset-based line cards, ddos-protection configuration changes made from the CLI will not take effect as expected beyond the default DDoS Distributed Denial of Service...

CVE-2021-0280 Junos OS: PTX Series, QFX10K Series: Upon receipt of specific packets BFD sessions might flap due to DDoS policer implementation in Packet Forwarding Engine

Due to an Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on PTX platforms and QFX10K Series with Paradise PE chipset-based line cards, ddos-protection configuration changes made from the CLI will not take effect as expected beyond the default DDoS Distributed Denial of Service...

CVE-2021-0280

CVE-2021-0280 affects Juniper Junos OS on PTX and QFX10K with Paradise (PE) chipset line cards. Root cause: Improper initialization in the DDoS policer path of the Packet Forwarding Engine, causing ddos-protection CLI changes to not apply beyond default DDoS settings. Impact: BFD session flapping...

What is DDoS attack❓ — Types and how to react to them

What is DDoS attack❓ — Types and how to react to them Distributed Denial of service attacks are assaults outfitted at making a PC, a cyber-service inaccessible by congesting it with traffic from various sources. The point is ordinarily to make the computers in question stop administration by...

Linux-Focused Cryptojacking Gang Tracked to Romania

A cryptojacking gang that’s likely based in Romania is using a never-before-seen SSH brute-forcer dubbed “Diicot brute” to crack passwords on Linux-based machines with weak passwords. The point of the campaign is mainly to deploy Monero mining malware, Bitdefender researchers said in a report...

CVE-2021-0280

Due to an Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on PTX platforms and QFX10K Series with Paradise PE chipset-based line cards, ddos-protection configuration changes made from the CLI will not take effect as expected beyond the default DDoS Distributed Denial of Service...

Is Remote Desktop Protocol Secure? It Can Be

Kroll’s Paul Drapeau, Jeff Macko and Isaiah Jensen also contributed to this report. Most of the problems with setting up Remote Desktop Protocol RDP for remote work involves making RDP accessible via the public internet. RDP itself is not a secure setup and therefore requires additional security...

Game Over: How to Stop DDoS Attacks on Online Gamers

You’re just about to take out a long-time rival, claim Victory Royale or round out a royal flush when your ping spikes or you’re DCed. Chances are you, or the game you’re playing, have been hit by a denial of service DoS attack. What’s the story? A recent report cited that of all cyber attacks...

activeTransactionBlocks are vulnerable to DDoS attacks

Handle pauliax Vulnerability details Impact There is a potential issue in function removeUserActiveBlocks and the for loop inside it. I assume you are aware of block gas limits they may be less relevant on other chains but still needs to be accounted for, so as there is no limit for...

Game over: Apex Legends players locked out by protest message

Messages placed directly in or around games is a common hack technique. It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or anything else the message-placer can think of. Messages can also be placed in games for the purposes of advertising but thats a tale for a different day. Recently, players of...

New Mirai-Inspired Botnet Could Be Using Your KGUARD DVRs in Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called "miraiptea" that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders DVR provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Chinese security firm...

Reddit: No Password Length Restriction leads to Denial of Service

Hey when I try to set the password while creating account I noticed that you haven't kept any password limit. You need to decrease password length :There are two reasons for limiting the password size. For one, hashing a large amount of data can cause significant resource consumption on behalf of...

Pandemic-Bored Attackers Pummeled Gaming Industry

Attacks on the gaming industry skyrocketed during the year of the pandemic, with attacks on web applications shooting up 340 percent in 2020. According to Akamai Technologies’ latest State of the Internet and Security report, Gaming in a Pandemic PDF, cyberattack traffic targeting the video game...

Weak Password Vulnerability in ChinaNetWizards Next-Generation Firewalls

ZKNETWORTH's next-generation firewall control system products are based on L2-7 layer access application control, integrating firewall, IPS intrusion detection, DDoS/DOS protection, AV virus protection; realizing comprehensive security protection for intranet, and providing security firewall...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Mingguo APT Attack (Cyber Warfare) Warning Platform (CNVD-2021-47701)

Hangzhou ACE Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a company that has been focusing on the research, development, production and sales of products in the field of network information security, such as Fortress, Remote Monitoring, Cloud Saas Service, Cloud WAF, Industrial Control, Online Remote Offi...

Logic Flaw Vulnerability in Mingguo APT Attack (Cyber Warfare) Warning Platform

Hangzhou ACE Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a company that has been focusing on the research, development, production and sales of products in the field of network information security, such as Fortress, Remote Monitoring, Cloud Saas Service, Cloud WAF, Industrial Control, Online Remote Offi...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service. Many of the...

Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Outages

UPDATE Major financial institutions, airlines and the Hong Kong stock exchange were knocked offline by a backfiring distributed denial-of-service DDoS mitigation service Thursday. The hour-long outage, which was triggered at approximately 1 a.m. EST Thursday, is tied to Akamai Technology’s...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service...