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New wave of attacks aiming to rope home routers into IoT botnets

A Trend Micro research is warning consumers of a major new wave of attacks attempting to compromise their home routers for use in IoT botnets. The report urges users to take action to stop their devices from enabling this criminal activity. The importance of home routers for IoT botnets There has been a recent spike in attacks targeting and leveraging routers, particularly around Q4 2019. This research indicates increased abuse of these devices will continue … More ? The post New wave of attacks aiming to rope home routers into IoT botnets appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Duration of application DDoS attacks increasing, some go on for days

There were seven major application DDoS attacks over the previous month — two of which lasted 5-6 days, Imperva reveals. Additionally, the team found that 47% of account takeover (ATO) attacks were aimed at loyalty programs and streaming services, where bad actors attempted to use stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to online accounts to carry out malicious actions such as data theft, identity fraud or fraudulent e-commerce transactions. The report also showed continued signs … More ? The post Duration of application DDoS attacks increasing, some go on for days appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Complexity and size of DDoS attacks have increased

The complexity and size of DDoS attacks in 2019 has increased significantly compared to 2018. A report published by NaWas by NBIP concludes that despite the number of attacks has decreased slightly over 2019, their complexity and size has increased significantly. Fewer attacks, more complexity and larger in size Slightly fewer DDoS attacks were observed in 2019 compared to 2018 (919 attacks and 938 attacks respectively). In addition, the number of participants increased by almost … More ? The post Complexity and size of DDoS attacks have increased appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Mac threats are growing faster than their Windows counterparts

Mac threats growing faster than their Windows counterparts for the first time ever, with nearly twice as many Mac threats detected per endpoint as Windows threats, according to Malwarebytes. In addition, cybercriminals continue to focus on business targets with a diversification of threat types and attack strategies in 2019. Emotet and TrickBot were back in 2019 Trojan-turned-botnets Emotet and TrickBot made a return in 2019 to target organizations alongside new ransomware families, such as Ryuk, … More ? The post Mac threats are growing faster than their Windows counterparts appeared first on Help Net Security .

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