Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs

A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm's chief executive...

The Kremlin’s Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware

The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia’s network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers...

New EAGERBEE Variant Targets ISPs and Governments with Advanced Backdoor Capabilities

Internet service providers ISPs and governmental entities in the Middle East have been targeted using an updated variant of the EAGERBEE malware framework. The new variant of EAGERBEE aka Thumtais comes fitted with various components that allow the backdoor to deploy additional payloads, enumerat...

StormBamboo APT Targets ISPs, Spreads Malware via Software Updates

StormBamboo abuses insecure software updates! Dont be a victim! This article explores how the StormBamboo group compromises ISPs…...

Five Key Takeaways from the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report

Bad bots continue to affect consumers and organizations across all sectors. For over eleven years, Imperva has been dedicated to helping organizations manage and mitigate the threat of bad bots. We’ve published the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report as part of our commitment to helping organizations...

What Is Dynamic DNS

Delving into the Multiple Aspects of the Dynamic Domain Name Protocol DDNS: A Detailed Scrutiny DDNS, standing for Dynamic Domain Name System, is an automatic procedure crafted to maintain the synchronization of the data associated with a DNS server. This system functions uninterruptedly to make...

Application Layer Gateway (ALG) Explained: What it is & Why You Need it ?

Snippet When you hear "Application Layer Gateway," or ALG for short, think of it as a network traffic conductor. It's the unsung hero that examines data packets, making sure they follow specific rules and get to where they're supposed to go—securely and efficiently. Quick Facts Definition In the...

Researchers Uncover Years-Long Cyber Espionage on Foreign Embassies in Belarus

A hitherto undocumented threat actor operating for nearly a decade and codenamed MoustachedBouncer has been attributed to cyber espionage attacks aimed at foreign embassies in Belarus. "Since 2020, MoustachedBouncer has most likely been able to perform adversary-in-the-middle AitM attacks at the...

FreeBSD : SoftEtherVPN -- multiple vulnerabilities (d821956f-1753-11ee-ad66-1c61b4739ac9)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the d821956f-1753-11ee-ad66-1c61b4739ac9 advisory. - Daiyuu Nobori reports: The SoftEther VPN project received a high level code review and...

The pitfalls of blocking IP addresses

In August 2022, the Austrian court ordered the block of 11 IP addresses for copyright violations on 14 websites. Sadly, there was an undesirable side-effect--thousands of websites were rendered inaccessible to internet users in Austria for two days. There are many possible reasons why governments...

Researchers Uncover New Metador APT Targeting Telcos, ISPs, and Universities

A previously undocumented threat actor of unknown origin has been linked to attacks targeting telecom, internet service providers, and universities across multiple countries in the Middle East and Africa. "The operators are highly aware of operations security, managing carefully segmented...

ISPs Helping Attackers Install Hermit Spyware on Smartphones- Google

By Deeba Ahmed According to Google, Italian spyware provider RCS Labs received support from several Internet Service Providers ISPs to distribute… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ISPs Helping Attackers Install Hermit Spyware on Smartphones- Google...

Akamai: Protecting Life Online with Secure Internet Access

Easily deliver value-added security services to families and businesses with Akamai Secure Internet Access services for ISPs and MNOs...

Chinese APT Combines Fresh Hodur RAT with Complex Anti-Detection

The Chinese advanced persistent threat APT Mustang Panda a.k.a. Temp.Hex, HoneyMyte, TA416 or RedDelta has upgraded its espionage campaign against diplomatic missions, research entities and internet service providers ISPs – largely in and around Southeast Asia. For one thing, the APT has deployed...

Iran's Lyceum Hackers Target Telecoms, ISPs in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Africa

A state-sponsored threat actor allegedly affiliated with Iran has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at internet service providers ISPs and telecommunication operators in Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia, as well as a ministry of foreign affairs MFA in Africa, new finding...

DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination

Firefox recently announced that it will be rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS or DoH soon to one percent of its Canadian users as part of its partnership with CIRA the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the Ontario-based organization responsible for managing the .ca top-level domain for Canada and...

ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people’s names without their consent...

The Account Takeover Threat: A By-the-Numbers Breakdown

Identity theft has come a long way in the age of technology. The more data is available online, the greater the threat. In this blog we will dive into the different characteristics and statistics of real world Account Takeover attacks as recorded and mitigated by Imperva’s Advanced Bot Protection...

Bad Bot Report 2021: The Pandemic of the Internet

The 8th Annual Bad Bot Report is now available from Imperva. Created using data from Imperva’s Threat Research Lab, it provides a comprehensive look at the bad bot landscape and the impact that this malicious traffic has across multiple industries. Bad bot traffic amounted to 25.6 percent of all...

Brave browser Tor feature leaked .Onion queries to ISPs

By Waqas According to a researcher, the Chromium-based, privacy-focused Brave browser has a vulnerability that's leaking DNS requests. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Brave browser Tor feature leaked .Onion queries to ISPs...