DDoS attacks in Q4 2021
News roundup Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first hit the radar in July, but at the time it was little more than...
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Answering Log4Shell-related questions
Important notice On December 18th, Log4j version 2.17.0 was released to address open vulnerabilities. It is highly recommended to update your systems as soon as possible. History of the Log4j library vulnerabilities CVE-2021-44228 (initial...
Moobot Botnet Eyes Hikvision Products
Moobot, a Mirai-based botnet, is reportedly abusing a critical flaw in the webserver of many Hikvision products, which were sanctioned by the U.S. in the wake of human rights abuse. The botnet is abusing...
DDoS attacks in Q3 2021
News overview Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado...
Telecom Sector Comes Under Attack as New APT Groups Emerge
A new China-linked LightBasin threat actor group emerged as a new threat for telecommunication companies as researchers dug out a string of attacks designed to gather valuable information. click here to read full Article...
DDoS attacks in Q2 2021
News overview In terms of big news, Q2 2021 was relatively calm, but not completely eventless. For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it...
Analytical report on DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2021
The month of April 2021 saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to its victims — that was distributed via YouTube and...
Managed Detection and Response in Q4 2020
Download full report (PDF) As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, and security solutions require more resources to analyze the huge amount of data gathered every day, many organizations feel the need for advanced security services...
DDoS attacks in Q1 2021
News overview Q1 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets. News broke in January of the FreakOut malware, which attacks Linux devices. Cybercriminals exploited several critical vulnerabilities in programs installed on victim devices,...
An Uprising of DDoS Attacks, a Cause of Concern for Organizations
The number of attacks almost doubled between February to September 2020. More than 50 million attacks were observed in the span of a year, according to a recent report. click here to read full...
DDoS attacks in Q4 2020
News overview Cybercriminals are constantly on the lookout for means and methods to make attacks more destructive. In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS...
Avaddon Ransomware Using Ransom DDoS Attacks
Avaddon ransomware actors reportedly launched a DDoS attack against one of its victims’ websites to put the victim organizations under pressure of negotiating the ransom payment. Click here for image source link and to...
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News overview Q3 was relatively calm from a DDoS perspective. There were no headline innovations, although cybercriminals did continue to master techniques and develop malware already familiar to us from the last reporting period....
DDoS Attacks: The New Normal Amidst Pandemic | Cyware Hacker News
A current report by Netscout unveiled that DDoS attack frequency jumped 25% in the course of peak pandemic lockdown months (March-June), with at least 4.83 million DDoS attacks occurring in H1 2020. Graphic and Short...
