Nascent platform provides miscreants an easier and cheaper way to launch remote access, DDoS, and other attacks A platform that makes it easier for cyber criminals to establish command-and-control (C2) servers has already attracted 3,000 users since launching earlier this year, and will likely expand its client list in the coming months.…
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Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminals
Controversial visit to Taiwan continues to reverberate through cyberspace, the real world, and the semiconductor industry Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed it was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday in what has been an eventful week for the island nation, US-Sino relations, and semiconductors.…
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Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visit
And is if to confirm the link, a DDoS takes out Taiwan’s presidential website ahead of senior politico’s arrival Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has tied her controversial visit to Taiwan to an alleged barrage of China-directed cyber-attacks against the territory.…
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Nancy Pelosi ties Chinese cyber-attacks to need for Taiwan visit
A ‘sophisticated, global botnet’ held an Eastern European biz under siege over 30 days Akamai Technologies squelched the largest-ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in Europe earlier this month against a company that was being consistently hammered over a 30-day period.…
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Akamai: We stopped record DDoS attack in Europe
Emerging threat group offers a broad range of attack services An emerging and fast-growing threat group is using a unique business model to offer cybercriminals a broad range of services that span from leaked databases and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to hacking scripts and, in the future, potentially ransomware.…
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Cyber-mercenaries for hire represent shifting criminal business model
Can’t get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool Industrial engineers and operators are being lured into running backdoor malware disguised as tools for recovering access to work systems.…
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Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers
Neustar Security Services is launching a new regional DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai this October. With this expansion in the Middle East, Neustar Security Services fills a burgeoning demand for a local security presence that can ensure data sovereignty and low latency performance for customers in the region. The new Dubai node also underscores the company’s commitment to continuously invest in its Ultra Secure infrastructure, ensuring that Neustar Security Services maintains … More ? The post Neustar Security Services launches DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Neustar Security Services launches DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai
Watch out for deadly pinchers after that record-breaking attack The botnet behind the largest-ever HTTPS-based distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is now named after a tiny shrimp.…
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Meet Mantis, the tiny shrimp that launched 3,000 DDoS attacks
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS launched a new, innovative AI-based solution enabling its customers to automatically and instantaneously block a large proportion of DDoS attacks thus simplifying operations and minimizing risk to their businesses. The solution leverages NETSCOUT’s ATLASnetwork, an unmatched source of visibility into DDoS attack activity on the Internet. Multiple ATLAS datasets are analyzed, curated, and correlated using artificial intelligence. This automated intelligent pipeline is developed using NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) expertise … More ? The post NETSCOUT launches AI solution to help customers block DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .
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NETSCOUT launches AI solution to help customers block DDoS attacks
G-Core Labs’ XDP-based DDoS protection platform filters bad traffic across a network of high capacity CDNs Sponsored Post If you do any sort of business via the web, the damage caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack could be catastrophic for your bottom line.…
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How to survive a SYN flood attack