We devoting full time to floating under /etc A sneaky botnet dubbed HeadCrab that uses bespoke malware to mine for Monero has infected at least 1,200 Redis servers in the last 18 months.…
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HeadCrab bots pinch 1,000+ Redis servers to mine coins
Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says ‘LoL’ to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online in brief Russian hackers have proved yet again how quickly cyber attacks can be used to respond to global events with a series of DDoS attacks on German infrastructure and government websites in response to the country’s plan to send tanks to Ukraine.…
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Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine
DDoS attacks are getting larger and more complex moving towards mobile networks and IoT, which are now used in cyberwarfare. In this Help Net Security video, Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO at Akamai, discusses the most powerful DDoS attacks in the past 12 months. The post The most significant DDoS attacks in the past year appeared first on Help Net Security .
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The most significant DDoS attacks in the past year
Upgraded threat, time to patch The Zerobot botnet, first detected earlier this month, is expanding the types of Internet of Things (IoT) devices it can compromise by going after Apache systems.…
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Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems
Cops give denial-of-service sites an extra special denial of service Police around the globe have seized as many as 50 internet domains said to be involved in tens of millions of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide. Seven people were collared during the swoop.…
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Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared
Threats from distributed denial of service (DDoS), ransomware and malware cyber attacks continue to rapidly expand, targeting critical vertical industries such as healthcare, banking and government infrastructure. In response to the growing demand from customers for tools that will help defend against DDoS attacks, A10 Networks is launching A10 Defend, a pilot software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, with threat insights combining network traffic know-how and analyses of indicators of compromise used to carry out attacks. A10 uses … More ? The post A10 Defend helps organizations protect critical networking infrastructure appeared first on Help Net Security .
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A10 Defend helps organizations protect critical networking infrastructure
Where’s the Night’s Watch when you need them? Microsoft has warned Europe to be on alert for cyber attacks from Russia this winter, just as a series of attacks hit Russian organizations – including the country’s second-largest bank.…
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Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank
DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism The European Parliament has experienced a cyber attack that started not long after it declared Russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism.…
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European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack
Judge tells tale of two men, their lawyer, and a ‘willful campaign… to mislead the court’ A New York judge has issued a default judgment against two Russian nationals who are alleged to have helped create the “Glupteba” botnet, sold fraudulent credit card information, and generated cryptocurrency using the network.…
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Google wins lawsuit against alleged Russian botnet herders
And it’s been sending out hundreds of thousands of malicious emails a day The Emotet malware-delivery botnet is back after a short hiatus, quickly ramping up the number of malicious emails it’s sending and sporting additional capabilities, including changes to its binary and delivering a new version of the IcedID malware dropper.…
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Notorious Emotet botnet returns after a few months off