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Retail, gaming industries hardest hit with web application and DDoS attacks

Akamai published the Q1 2016 State of the Internet – Security Report, which provides a detailed view of the global cloud security threat landscape and in-depth analysis and insight into malicious activity. Multi-vector attacks accounted for 59% of DDoS activity in Q1 2016, reflecting a slight increase compared with last quarter (56%) During Q1, Akamai mitigated more than 4,500 DDoS attacks, a 125 percent increase compared with Q1 2015. As in recent quarters, the vast … More ?

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Hacker imprisoned for stealing Bitcoin, selling botnet on Darkode

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for using a computer to steal money, hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information on the online hacking forum known as Darkode. Rory Stephen Guidry, aka k@exploit.im was sentenced by US District Judge Dee D. Drell on one count of obtaining information by computer from a protected computer. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According … More ?

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Cybercriminals add DDoS component to ransomware payloads

Instead of just encrypting data files on a workstation (plus any network drive it can find) and locking the machine, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is now adding a DDoS bot that can quietly blast spoofed network traffic at various IPs, according to KnowBe4. This is the first time DDoS malware has been bundled within a ransomware infection. It means that while the victim is unable to access their endpoint, that same endpoint … More ?

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Playbook: Prepare your business for DDoS attacks

Like any business initiative, good preparation and planning can go a long way toward making the DDoS response process as manageable, painless, and inexpensive as possible. Read the DDoS Response Playbok and find out: How you can effectively plan and execute your DDoS response plan What are the best practices for choosing and setting up the right mitigation solution for your organization What the steps and procedures for authoritatively responding to a DDoS attack. DDoS … More ?

Whitepaper: Protecting financial institutions from DDoS attacks

In response to the growing DDoS threat, the FFIEC issued a statement requiring banks and financial institutions to monitor their networks for DDoS attacks and proactively implement DDoS mitigation strategies. Whitepaper Read the Protecting financial institutions from DDoS attacks whitepaper and find out: What are the implications of DDoS attacks for the financial industry. What are the best practices for minimizing the risk of a DDoS attack. How Incapsula’s DDoS Protection service helps you comply … More ?

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Jaku botnet hides targeted attacks within generic botnet noise

Botnets are usually created by cyber criminals that use them to launch DDoS attacks, deliver spam, effect click fraud. The recently discovered Jaku botnet can effectively do all those things, if its botmaster(s) choose to do so, but it seems that they have other things in mind. The botnet which, according to Forcepoint researchers, numbered as many as 17,000 victims at different points in time, consists of several botnets “answering to” different C&C servers. The … More ?

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DDoS aggression and the evolution of IoT risks

Few organizations globally are being spared DDoS attacks, according to a Neustar survey of over 1,000 IT professionals across six continents. With the bombardment fairly constant throughout 2015, it is no longer a matter of if or when attacks might happen, but how often and how long the attack will last. Faced with this ongoing onslaught, the report demonstrates that increasingly DDoS-defense savvy organizations are now arming themselves accordingly. The research results show that although … More ?

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New application level attack bodes ill for hybrid DDoS protection

Imperva has recently witnessed a new type of DDoS attack they believe might become a go-to for cyber criminals looking to take sites and services down. The attack was an application layer DDoS attack, aimed at exhausting a target server’s RAM and CPU resources. But unlike previous ones they have seen, this one was “ginormous.” “While deadly to servers, application layer attacks are not especially large in volume. Nor do they have to be, as … More ?

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Is your WordPress site being misused for DDoS attacks?

Many WordPress websites are still being misused to perform layer 7 DDoS attacks against target servers, even though preventing them from participating in these attacks is as simple as disabling the pingback feature. “If you are not familiar with the terminology, Layer 7 attacks (also known as http flood attacks) are a type DDoS attack that disrupts your server by exhausting its resources at the application layer, instead of the network layer,” Sucuri Security CTO … More ?

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Dridex botnet alive and well, now also spreading ransomware

Last October’s disruption of the Dridex botnet by UK and US law enforcement agencies and the arrest of a Moldovan bot master have not lead to the death of the botnet. That’s because the botnet is segregated into a number of subnets, each likely operated by a different team of attackers, and they continue to mount campaigns that will swell the number of infected machines and to exploit the stolen banking information. “Dridex’s operators are … More ?

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