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FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only ‘limited’ DDoS success

OK, so you’ve got a botnet. That don’t impress me much Pro-Russia hacktivists’ recent spate of network-flooding bot traffic aimed at US critical infrastructure targets, while annoying, have had “limited success,” according to the FBI.…

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High-severity OpenSSL vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786)

Version 3.0.7 of the popular OpenSSL cryptographic library is out, with fixes for CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786, two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the punycode decoder that could lead to crashes (i.e., denial of service) or potentially remote code execution. CVE-2022-3602, whose existence was preannounced by the OpenSSL Project team a week ago, has luckily turned out to be less dangerous than initially thought. So the much feared *Critical* #OpenSSL turns out to be “just” a … More ? The post High-severity OpenSSL vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786) appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Key observations on DDoS attacks in H1 2022

In the first half of 2022, the amount of DDoS attacks increased by 75.6% compared to the second half of 2021, according to new Nexusguard research revealed in the company’s DDoS Statistical Report for 1HY 2022. In this Help Net Security video, Juniman Kasman, CTO at Nexusguard, talks about how, while the total number of attacks did grow, the average (0.59 Gbps) and maximum (232.0 Gbps) attack sizes each decreased by 56% and 66.8%, respectively, … More ? The post Key observations on DDoS attacks in H1 2022 appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Pro-Putin goons claim responsibility for blowing US airport websites offline

How’s that boot taste? Updated   Russian miscreants claimed responsibility for knocking more than a dozen US airports’ websites offline on Monday morning in what appeared to be a large-scale, distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.…

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Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene

Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service A Russia based threat group that set up a malware distribution shop earlier this year is behind a Swiss Army knife-like botnet that comes with a range of other malicious capabilities, from stealing information to mining cryptocurrency.…

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Eastern European org hit by second record-smashing DDoS attack

Cough, cough, U, cough, kraine Akamai says it has absorbed the largest-ever publicly known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an assault against an unfortunate Eastern European organization that went beyond 700 million packets per second.…

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Neustar Security Services enhances its DDoS attack mitigation scrubbing capacity to 15 Tbps

Neustar Security Services has expanded its distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack mitigation scrubbing capacity to more than 15 Terabits per second (Tbps) across its worldwide network. Neustar Security Services is committed to maintaining the dedicated DDoS and application security network. The company uses multiple tier 1 providers, along with other providers assisting with higher-performing localized presence, to ingest inbound clean (legitimate) and dirty (attack) traffic and then deploys additional partners to route the clean traffic back to … More ? The post Neustar Security Services enhances its DDoS attack mitigation scrubbing capacity to 15 Tbps appeared first on Help Net Security .

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DDoS activity launched by patriotic hacktivists is on the rise

Radware released a report revealing that the number of malicious DDoS attacks climbed by 203% compared to the first six months of 2021. This Help Net Security video provides information about the rise of DDoS activity launched by patriotic hacktivists. The post DDoS activity launched by patriotic hacktivists is on the rise appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Gambling sites are losing significant amounts of revenue due to raising DDoS attacks

Imperva releases data showing that 25% of all gambling sites were hit with DDoS attacks executed by botnets in June. This Help Net Security video uncovers how DDoS attacks on gambling sites lead to lost revenue and consumer trust. The post Gambling sites are losing significant amounts of revenue due to raising DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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DDoS attacks jump 203%, patriotic hacktivism surges

Radware released a report revealing that the number of malicious DDoS attacks climbed by 203% compared to the first six months of 2021. The report also underscores how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered the focus of the threat landscape — shifting it from the consequences of the pandemic to a ground swell of DDoS activity launched by patriotic hacktivists. “The threat landscape saw a marked shift in the first half of 2022,” said Pascal … More ? The post DDoS attacks jump 203%, patriotic hacktivism surges appeared first on Help Net Security .

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