DDoS launchers increasingly target application processes instead of flooding networks Attackers have noticed that the world is getting better at fending off massive distributed denial-of-service attacks, and are trying to overwhelm application processes instead.…
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Summoners of web tsunamis have moved to layer 7, says Cloudflare
Before it amplifies DDoS attacks Universal Plug ‘n’ Play, that eternal feast of the black-hat, has been identified as helping to amplify denial-of-service attacks.…
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UPnP joins the ‘just turn it off on consumer devices, already’ club
Researchers infected devices and totted up all the ‘leccy and bandwidth they used Berkeley boffins reckon the Dyn-based Internet of Things attack that took down Brian Krebs’ Website in 2016 cost device owners over $US320,000.…
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Mirai botnet cost you $13.50 per infected thing, say boffins
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: RSA Conference 2018 coverage Check out what you missed at the infosec event of the year. Real-time detection of consumer IoT devices participating in DDoS attacks Could we detect compromised consumer IoT devices participating in a DDoS attack in real-time and do someting about it? A group of researchers Princeton University have presented some encouraging results showing that the first part of … More ? The post Week in review: New Cybersecurity Framework, Android patching issues, RSA Conference 2018 appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Week in review: New Cybersecurity Framework, Android patching issues, RSA Conference 2018
Could we detect compromised consumer IoT devices participating in a DDoS attack in real-time and do someting about it? A group of researchers Princeton University have presented some encouraging results showing that the first part of that equation can be relatively easily solved. As IoT traffic is often distinct from that of other Internet connected devices and as machine learning has proved promising for identifying malicious Internet traffic, they decided to use these facts to … More ? The post Real-time detection of consumer IoT devices participating in DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Real-time detection of consumer IoT devices participating in DDoS attacks
Criminals trying to get their hands on victims’ cryptocurrency stashes are trying out various approaches. The latest one includes equipping malware with Man-in-the-Browser capabilities so they can hijack online accounts and perform fraudulent transactions on the fly. Injecting malicious scripts into target sites Since the beginning of the year, SecurityScorecard researchers have observed two botnets – powered by the Zeus Panda and Ramnit malware families – that are after Coinbase.com accounts and Blockchain.info wallets. The … More ? The post Malware leverages web injects to empty users’ cryptocurrency accounts appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Malware leverages web injects to empty users’ cryptocurrency accounts
Attacks tapering, as experts argue over ‘kill switch’ DDoS attacks taking advantage of ill-advised use of memcached have begun to decline, either because sysadmins are securing the process, or because people are using a potentially-troublesome “kill switch”.…
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Cavalry riding to the rescue of DDOS-deluged memcached users
Mining Monero on SCADA networks? Why can’t you kids be normal and just DDoS Updated Infosec bods say they have uncovered what’s thought to be the first case of a major industrial control system network infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware.…
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Now that’s taking the p… Sewage plant ‘hacked’ to craft crypto-coins
A new Monero-mining bot sprang up a few days ago and, in just a few days, has created a botnet consisting of over 7,000 Android devices, most of which are located in China (39%) and Korea (39%). Spreading capabilities The rise of the botnet has been flagged by researchers with Qihoo 360’s Netlab, who analyzed the mining malware and discovered that it has worm-like spreading capabilities. Once ADB.miner – as they’ve dubbed the threat – … More ?
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Android devices roped into new Monero-mining botnet
The Necurs botnet has been slowly growing since late 2012 and still tops the list of largest spam botnets in the world. Since then, the botnet has occasionally stopped or temporarily minimized the sending out of spam but has returned in full force. How big is the Necurs botnet? It’s difficult to say precisely, but the latest information provided by the Cisco Talos team can give a general idea. The researchers analyzed 32 distinct spam … More ?
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