Akamai sounds the alarm – won’t name the manufacturers yet Akamai has uncovered two zero-day bugs capable of remote code execution, both being exploited to distribute the Mirai malware and built a botnet army for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…
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Mirai malware infects routers and cameras for new botnet
NETSCOUT launched Adaptive DDoS Protection for Arbor Edge Defense (AED) to protect ISPs and enterprises from DNS water torture attacks. According to the NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, Domain Name System (DNS) water torture attacks increased 353% in the first six months of 2023, overwhelming Authoritative DNS server resources and bringing down critical DNS services. DNS water torture DDoS attacks have been around since 1997, yet many organizations still struggle to efficiently identify and mitigate … More ? The post NETSCOUT releases Adaptive DDoS Protection for AED appeared first on Help Net Security .
Botnet storm drowned last record with 398 million requests per second A zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol was exploited to launch the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on record, according to Cloudflare.…
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HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet
Cybercriminals launched approximately 7.9 million DDoS attacks in 1H 2023, representing a 31% year-over-year increase, according to NETSCOUT. Global events like the Russia-Ukraine war and NATO bids have driven recent DDoS attack growth. Finland was targeted by pro-Russian hacktivists in 2022 during its bid to join NATO. Turkey and Hungary were targeted with DDoS attacks for opposing Finland’s bid. In 2023, Sweden experienced a similar onslaught around its NATO bid, culminating with a 500 Gbps … More ? The post Global events fuel DDoS attack campaigns appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Global events fuel DDoS attack campaigns
Akamai announced a global partnership with Corero Network Security, the specialists in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions. Akamai is now offering Corero’s on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai’s own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions. DDoS attacks continue to be one of the most prevalent forms of cyberattacks. According to Corero’s threat research, DDoS carpet bombing attacks rose by 300% in 2022, and IPv6-based DDoS attacks increased by 500% during the same period. … More ? The post Akamai partners with Corero Network Security to improve DDoS protection for enterprises appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second Akamai says it thwarted a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at a US bank that peaked at 55.1 million packets per second earlier this month.…
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Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted
Mitigating the threat of bot-driven DDoS attacks Webinar It’s sometimes easy to be lulled into a sense of false security and imagine that your organization or business will not become a target of highly professional cybercriminals, hacktivists and even nation-state actors. But the threat posed by DDoS attacks is very much on the rise.…
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The number of IoT devices in enterprise networks and across the internet is projected to reach 29 billion by the year 2030. This exponential growth has inadvertently increased the attack surface. Each interconnected device can potentially create new avenues for cyberattacks and security breaches. The Mirai botnet demonstrated just that, by using thousands of vulnerable IoT devices to launch massive DDoS attacks on critical internet infrastructure and popular websites. To effectively safeguard against the risks … More ? The post The power of passive OS fingerprinting for accurate IoT device identification appeared first on Help Net Security .
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The power of passive OS fingerprinting for accurate IoT device identification
The Qakbot botnet has been disrupted by an international law enforcement operation that culminated last weekend, when infected computers started getting untethered from it by specially crafted FBI software. Arranging a widespread Qakbot removal The Qakbot administrators use a system of tiered servers (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) to control the Qakbot malware installed on infected computers. “Tier 1 servers are computers infected with Qakbot that have an additional software ‘supernode’ module installed … More ? The post The removal of Qakbot from infected computers is just the first step appeared first on Help Net Security .
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The removal of Qakbot from infected computers is just the first step
Totally plucked: Agents remotely roasted Windows botnet malware on victims’ machines Uncle Sam today said an international law enforcement effort dismantled Qakbot, aka QBot, a notorious botnet and malware loader responsible for losses totaling hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide, and seized more than $8.6 million in illicit cryptocurrency.…
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FBI-led Operation Duck Hunt shoots down Qakbot