FBI Charges 6, Seizes 48 Domains Linked to DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced the seizure of 48 domains that offered services to conduct distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on behalf of other threat actors, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for malicious activity. It also charged six suspects – Jeremi...

Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

The U.S. Department of Justice DOJ today seized four-dozen domains that sold "booter" or "stresser" services -- businesses that make it easy and cheap for even non-technical users to launch powerful Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks designed knock targets offline. The DOJ also charged si...

IT Army of Ukraine Hit Russian Banking Giant with Crippling DDoS Attack

By Habiba Rashid The bank confirmed that it had "experienced an unprecedented cyber attack from abroad." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IT Army of Ukraine Hit Russian Banking Giant with Crippling DDoS Attack...

New Go-based Botnet Exploiting Exploiting Dozens of IoT Vulnerabilities to Expand its Network

NOTE: In this blog, Zerobot refers to a botnet that spreads primarily through IoT and web application vulnerabilities. It is not associated with the chatbot ZeroBot.ai. A novel Go-based botnet called Zerobot has been observed in the wild proliferating by taking advantage of nearly two dozen...

Fedora: Security Advisory for fastnetmon (FEDORA-2022-18023b665f)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: fastnetmon-1.2.1-4.20220528git420e7b8.fc37

DDoS detection tool with sFlow, Netflow, IPFIX and port mirror support...

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: fastnetmon-1.2.1-2.20220528git420e7b8.fc36

DDoS detection tool with sFlow, Netflow, IPFIX and port mirror support...

Fedora: Security Advisory for fastnetmon (FEDORA-2022-5d37367673)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Hackers Exploiting Redis Vulnerability to Deploy New Redigo Malware on Servers

A previously undocumented Go-based malware is targeting Redis servers with the goal of taking control of the infected systems and likely building a botnet network. The attacks involve taking advantage of a critical security vulnerability in the open source, in-memory, key-value store that was...

Malware Authors 'Accidentally' Crash KmsdBot Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet

An ongoing analysis into an up-and-coming cryptocurrency mining botnet known as KmsdBot has led to it being accidentally taken down by the threat actors themselves. KmsdBot, as christened by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team SIRT, came to light mid-November 2022 for its ability to...

The Global DDoS Threat Landscape – November 2022

Every month in this space, we will post the Global DDoS Threat Landscape blog on behalf of the Imperva Threat Research team. As DDoS attacks continue to pose a significant risk to businesses, it is critical that we regularly communicate our Threat Research team’s findings to help the cybersecurit...

SUSE-SU-2022:4295-1 Security update for dbus-1

This update for dbus-1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-42010: Fixed a potential crash that could be triggered by an invalid signature bsc1204111. - CVE-2022-42011: Fixed an out of bounds read caused by a fixed length array bsc1204112. - CVE-2022-42012: Fixed use-after-free and possible...

Killnet Hits European Parliament Website with DDoS Attack

By Habiba Rashid The DDoS attack took place moments after the European Parliament voted to declare the Russian government a state sponsor of terrorism. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Killnet Hits European Parliament Website with DDoS Attack...

How can we Prevent an Internet of Compromised Things?

The shape of things to come An increasing array of physical household and business objects now come with a plethora of sensors, software, and processing abilities, connecting to like-minded devices and swapping data with additional systems via the internet or across networks. These objects and...

Wartime Sparks Unpredictable Shifts in DDoS Targeting

DDoS cyberattacks targeting European customers on the Akamai Prolexic platform are increasing worldwide, In response, Akamai unveiled its new DDoS solution...

RapperBot Campaign Launches DDoS Attacks on Game Servers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The new RapperBot malware version creates a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks. The latest version can launch Telnet brute-force strikes, DoS attacks using the Generic...

New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed RapperBot malware is known for brute-forcing SSH servers that can accept password authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks...

Warning: New RapperBot Campaign Aims to Launch DDoS Attacks at Game Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new samples of malware called RapperBot that are being used to build a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks against game servers. "In fact, it turns out that this campaign is less like RapperBot than an older campaign that...

2022 holiday DDoS protection guide

The holiday season is an exciting time for many people as they get to relax, connect with friends and family, and celebrate traditions. Organizations also have much to rejoice about during the holidays for example, more sales for retailers and more players for gaming companies. Unfortunately, cyb...

2022 holiday DDoS protection guide

The holiday season is an exciting time for many people as they get to relax, connect with friends and family, and celebrate traditions. Organizations also have much to rejoice about during the holidays for example, more sales for retailers and more players for gaming companies. Unfortunately, cyb...