Two-step attack seen on core systems Researchers are warning owners of fiber routers to keep a close eye on their gear and check for firmware updates following the discovery an in-the-wild zero-day attack.…
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You’re a botnet, you;ve got a zero-day, so where do you go? After fiber, because that’s where the bandwidth is
Feds warn admins malware is rather tough to destroy The FBI says it is taking steps to stop the spread of the VPNFilter malware and botnet, warning that it’s a national security issue.…
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FBI agents take aim at VPNFilter botnet, point finger at Russia, yell ‘national security threat’
New Jersey-based virtual private server provider Linode can't seem to catch a break. After being repeatedly hit with DDoS attacks from December 24 to early January, the company announced on Tuesday th…
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Linode forces password reset for all users due to suspected breach
A dropper component sent to the Akamai researchers led them to the discovery of a spamming botnet that consists of at least 83,000 compromised systems. The botnet is multi-layered, decentralized, a…
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Researchers map out hard-to-kill, multi-layered spam botnet
Akamai Technologies analyzed thousands of DDoS attacks as well as nearly millions of web application attack triggers across the Akamai Edge network. A surge in DDoS attack activity Q1 2015 set a…
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DDoS attacks double, old web application attack vectors still active
As the tide of DDoS attacks continues to expand, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the influx of network connected devices, such as webcams and routers, are leading to the growth of Simple …
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93% of DDoS attacks last 30 minutes
DDoS zombie army found in the wild hours after flaw surfaces Mere hours after its discovery, the Shell Shock Bash vulnerability was exploited by an attacker to build a botnet.…
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Bad boy builds beastly Bash bug botnet – boxen battered
DDoS attacks are usually seen as the domain of hacktivists and hackers looking to block – then blackmail – companies that are heavily dependent on their Internet presence. But, with the rise of bot…
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DDoS attacks aimed at telecom systems are on the rise