With 13 new payloads it’s the biggest update to the botnet in months The infamous Mirai botnet was spotted by researchers who say it is spinning up again, this time with an “aggressively updated arsenal of exploits.”…
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Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive
So why would you handle them on your own? Sponsored Feature Ransomware may currently be the biggest bogeyman for cybersecurity pros, law enforcement, and governments, but it shouldn’t divert us from more traditional, but still very disruptive threats.…
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DDoS DNS attacks are old-school, unsophisticated … and they’re back
If you’re wondering why, here’s a primer Sponsored Post How would you describe the biggest security threat to your organization? Perhaps you envision a faceless cybercrime syndicate or hostile state. Or a humming botnet, remorselessly probing your systems.…
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How to spot your biggest security threat? Just look out for the humans
The Pirate Bay and ExtraTorrent, two of the biggest remaining torrent sites on the internet, appear to be unavailable for users right now. According to TorrentFreak , a massive DDoS attack is responsible for ExtraTorrent’s problems, while The Pirate Bay is still trying to work out what’s going on. ExtraTorrent reportedly received a threat several days ago, demanding that the site take down new protections it had built in for users, but which make life difficult for proxy providers. “Some hours ago (12~?) Your main website was down for like 6-7? Minutes… It will happen again, for hours, days…IF you don’t remove the encoded stuff from your website and let proxy operators, like myself, do their job,” an email to ExtraTorrent read. Following that email, ExtraTorrent has reportedly been under a major DDoS attack for days, even overwhelming protections set up by CloudFlare, a company that provides DDoS protection. Currently, ExtraTorrent has limited availability from some geographic locations, but the site is still struggling to deal with the attack. The Pirate Bay is also offline, but the cause of the problem is unknown. The site told TorrentFreak that it is “aware of the problems and said that their technical crew will look into them as soon as they’ve woken up and had a beer.” Source: http://bgr.com/2016/12/27/extratorrent-down-pirate-bay-proxy-ddos-attack/
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Pirate Bay and ExtraTorrent down DDoS Attack
Eighty-one percent of health care executives say that their organizations have been compromised by at least one malware, botnet, or other cyber-attack during the past two years, and only half feel tha…
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81% of healthcare organizations have been compromised
In this interview, Jag Bains, CTO of DOSarrest, talks about various types of DDoS attacks and why a cloud-based solution is a good fit for most organizations. Despite being an old threat, DDoS atta…
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Blocking DDoS attacks with a cloud-based solution