To pressurize its victims for paying up the ransom quickly, REvil gang has started launching DDoS attacks and calling victims’ business partners and journalists in an attempt to publicize the breach news. click here...
Gatekeeper is the first open source DoS protection system. It is designed to scale to any peak bandwidth, so it can withstand DoS attacks both of today and of tomorrow. In spite of the...
An automated TDoS attack makes use of VoIP software and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to make tens or hundreds of calls, simultaneously or in rapid succession to jam targeted services. Click here for image...
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...
In a separate alert issued through the company’s official Twitter account, EXMO said that it’s working on addressing the issue. The platform’s servers and website are reportedly back online. Click here for image source...
Botnet attacks are getting sophisticated, with multiple botnets like Trickbot and PGMiner exploiting Linux systems, IoT devices, and other open-source components in a series of attacks. Click here for image source link and to...
While there has been a significant rise in ransom-related DDoS (RDDoS) attacks in 2020, the trend continues to take a new shape as we settle into 2021. Click here for image source link and...
A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. “Plex’s startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder...
Plex Media Server systems are actively being abused by DDoS-for-hire services as a UDP reflection/amplification vector in thousands of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Click here for image source link and to read...
The number of distributed denial-of-service attacks launched in 2020 surpassed 10 million, up from 8.5 million in 2019, according to NetScout’s Atlas Security Engineering and Response Team. Click here for image source link and...
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have more than doubled in the last year, along with a significant jump in attempts by attackers to threaten such attacks unless a ransom is paid. Click here...
DDoS attacks have been around ever since the mid-nineties, yet they still continue to intimidate… Why DDoS Attacks Are Still One of the Biggest Cyberthreats on Latest Hacking News. Click here for image source...
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...
Threat actors behind a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeted the same set of victims again after the organizations failed to pay the initial ransom, as per a new report by Radware. Click here for image...
Cybercrime gangs are abusing Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) systems to bounce and amplify junk traffic as part of DDoS attacks, security firm Netscout said in an alert on Tuesday. Click here for image...
Netscout researchers have identified more than 14,000 existing servers that can be abused by ‘the general attack population’ to flood organizations’ networks with traffic. Click here for image source link and to read full...
