Researcher Reveals New Techniques to Bypass Cloudflare's Firewall and DDoS Protection

Firewall and distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack prevention mechanisms in Cloudflare can be circumvented by exploiting gaps in cross-tenant security controls, defeating the very purpose of these safeguards, it has emerged. "Attackers can utilize their own Cloudflare accounts to abuse the...

UK Royal Family Website Hit by DDoS Attack from KillNet

By Waqas The DDoS attack took place around 10 a.m. local time. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UK Royal Family Website Hit by DDoS Attack from KillNet...

APIs: Unveiling the Silent Killer of Cyber Security Risk Across Industries

Introduction In today's interconnected digital ecosystem, Application Programming Interfaces APIs play a pivotal role in enabling seamless communication and data exchange between various software applications and systems. APIs act as bridges, facilitating the sharing of information and...

Kaspersky Reveals Alarming IoT Threats and Dark Web DDoS Boom

By Waqas Kaspersky Unveils Alarming IoT Vulnerabilities and Dark Web's Thriving DDoS Economy. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kaspersky Reveals Alarming IoT Threats and Dark Web DDoS Boom...

Overview of IoT threats in 2023

IoT devices routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components multiply every year. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030. As connected device numbers increase, so does the need for protection against various threats. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks o...

Akamai Prolexic Now Offers Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid DDoS Protection

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Elevate Your Cybersecurity with Imperva Cloud WAF: More Than Just a Checkbox

In the world of digital modernization, having a web application firewall WAF isnt an option - its a necessity. But in the endless sea of security solutions, how do you choose the right one? How do you ensure that youre not merely checking a box, but genuinely fortifying your digital fortress? Whi...

10 Top DDoS Attack Protection and Mitigation Companies in 2023

By Waqas A DDoS attack can cripple your servers. Here's a list of DDoS mitigation companies in 2023, along with a brief overview of the DDoS attacks they have effectively mitigated. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 10 Top DDoS Attack Protection and Mitigation Companies in...

Europol lifts the lid on cybercrime tactics

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation Europol, has published a report that examines developments in cyberattacks, discussing new methodologies and threats observed by Europols operational analysts. The report also discusses the criminal organizations behind cyberattacks and th...

DDoS 2.0: IoT Sparks New DDoS Alert

The Internet of Things IoT is transforming efficiency in various sectors like healthcare and logistics but has also introduced new security risks, particularly IoT-driven DDoS attacks. This article explores how these attacks work, why they're uniquely problematic, and how to mitigate them. What I...

How Cyberattacks Are Transforming Warfare

There is a new battlefield. It is global and challenging to defend. What began with a high-profile incident back in 2007, when Estonia was hit by hackers targeting its government and commercial sector, has evolved into cyber warfare that is being waged constantly worldwide. Today, cyberattacks ha...

Akamai Prevents the Largest DDoS Attack on a U.S. Financial Company

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RPC Portmapper Service Public WAN (Internet) / Public LAN Accessible

The script checks if the target host is running a RPC Portmapper service accessible from a public WAN Internet / public LAN. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

Mirai Botnet Variant 'Pandora' Hijacks Android TVs for Cyberattacks

A Mirai botnet variant called Pandora has been observed infiltrating inexpensive Android-based TV sets and TV boxes and using them as part of a botnet to perform distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Doctor Web said the compromises are likely to occur either during malicious firmware update...

CISA Releases Capacity Enhancement Guide to Strengthen Agency Resilience to DDoS Attack

CISA has released actionable guidance for Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB agencies to help them evaluate and mitigate the risk of volumetric distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against their websites and related web services. The Capacity Enhancement Guide: Volumetric DDoS Against W...

DDoS Attacks Surge Against Vulnerable Assets: Are You Prepared?

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KmsdBot Malware Gets an Upgrade: Now Targets IoT Devices with Enhanced Capabilities

An updated version of a botnet malware called KmsdBot is now targeting Internet of Things IoT devices, simultaneously branching out its capabilities and the attack surface. "The binary now includes support for Telnet scanning and support for more CPU architectures," Akamai security researcher Lar...

CVE-2023-40583

CVE-2023-40583 affects go-libp2p (libp2p Go implementation). A malicious actor can inject signed peer records to a remote node, causing unbounded memory growth in the victim’s node and eventual crash due to out-of-memory (OOM). The issue is explicitly documented as memory retention with no automa...

CVE-2023-4418

A remote unprivileged attacker can sent multiple packages to the LMS5xx to disrupt its availability through a TCP SYN-based denial-of-service DDoS attack. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can flood the targeted LMS5xx with a high volume of TCP SYN requests, overwhelming its resources...

CVE-2023-4418

A remote unprivileged attacker can sent multiple packages to the LMS5xx to disrupt its availability through a TCP SYN-based denial-of-service DDoS attack. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can flood the targeted LMS5xx with a high volume of TCP SYN requests, overwhelming its resources...