A new multi-purpose Linux Trojan that opens a backdoor on the target machine and can make it participate in DDoS attacks has been discovered and analyzed by Dr. Web researchers, who believe that the C…
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New multi-purpose backdoor targets Linux servers
Akamai released a new security report that provides analysis and insight into the global attack threat landscape including DDoS attacks. Akamai observed a 52 percent increase in average peak band…
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Nearly half of all DDoS attacks use multiple attack vectors
Some Android devices are affected by a Denial of Service attack when scanning for WiFi Direct devices, according to Andres Blanco from the CoreLabs Team. An attacker could send a specially crafted …
Akamai today released its latest State of the Internet report, which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, over…
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State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6
‘But boss, the Internet Storm Centre says it’s dangerous for me to reply to you’ Yet another round of Shellshock attacks is emerging, according to the SANS Internet Storm Center – this time, botnets are tapping hosts over SMTP.…
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Shellshock over SMTP attacks mean you can now ignore your email
First time the cache network has seen drop in use of 32-bit-wide IP addresses Broadband and IPv6 are hot – and distributed denial-of-service attacks and IPv4 are not. Well, that’s according to Akamai.…
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PEAK IPV4? Global IPv6 traffic is growing, DDoS dying, says Akamai
Popular attack method could be stopped with a config tweak Security researchers have responded to recent denial of service attacks against gaming websites and service providers that rely on insecure Network Time Protocol servers by drawing up a list of vulnerable systems.…
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Don’t be a DDoS dummy: Patch your NTP servers, plead infosec bods
Best hope you weren’t messaging your bank manager Security researchers have discovered an Android botnet that masquerades as a benign settings app for carrying out administrative tasks on mobile devices.…
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Android nasty sends your texts to CHINA
El Reg talks to anti-DDos bods – who UNMASK the target… Exclusive Web security firm Incapsula helped a Chinese Bitcoin trader to weather a ferocious denial-of-service attack last month when the volume of inbound traffic to the site peaked at 100Gbps.…
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How mystery DDoSers tried to take down Bitcoin exchange with 100Gbps crapflood
Next: The hunt for evil botnet overlord ‘Aquabox’ The ZeuS-derived Citadel botnet, which rose to public prominence last year, is being progressively disabled by Microsoft and the FBI is on the hunt for its masters.…
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Microsoft and FBI storm ramparts of Citadel botnets