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NKabuse backdoor harnesses blockchain brawn to hit several architectures

Novel malware adapts delivers DDoS attacks and provides RAT functionality Incident responders say they’ve found a new type of multi-platform malware abusing the New Kind of Network (NKN) protocol.…

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Russian national pleads guilty to building now-dismantled IPStorm proxy botnet

23K nodes earned operator more than $500K – and now perhaps jail time The FBI says it has dismantled another botnet after collaring its operator, who admitted hijacking tens of thousands of machines around the world to create his network of obedient nodes.…

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Massive attack

Defeating a DDoS swarm Webinar   Any organization can lose service, revenue, and reputation as a result. If you are particularly unlucky, a DDoS attack can defenestrate your network defences. You may find yourself facing an cyber criminal who wants to take your business for everything it’s got – not an attractive prospect in anybody’s book.…

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The power of passive OS fingerprinting for accurate IoT device identification

The number of IoT devices in enterprise networks and across the internet is projected to reach 29 billion by the year 2030. This exponential growth has inadvertently increased the attack surface. Each interconnected device can potentially create new avenues for cyberattacks and security breaches. The Mirai botnet demonstrated just that, by using thousands of vulnerable IoT devices to launch massive DDoS attacks on critical internet infrastructure and popular websites. To effectively safeguard against the risks … More ? The post The power of passive OS fingerprinting for accurate IoT device identification appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Google wins lawsuit against alleged Russian botnet herders

Judge tells tale of two men, their lawyer, and a ‘willful campaign… to mislead the court’ A New York judge has issued a default judgment against two Russian nationals who are alleged to have helped create the “Glupteba” botnet, sold fraudulent credit card information, and generated cryptocurrency using the network.…

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DDoS attackers continue to innovate, devising new threats and altering attack strategies

Corero Network Security has published the latest edition of its annual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report that compiles the trends, observations, predictions, and recommendations based on DDoS attacks against Corero customers during 2021. The report highlights that DDoS threats continue to grow in sophistication, size, and frequency. Yet 2021 also reveals changes in attacker behavior since the start of the pandemic including an increase of 297% in the use of OpenVPN reflections as a means of … More ? The post DDoS attackers continue to innovate, devising new threats and altering attack strategies appeared first on Help Net Security .

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DDoS threats growing in sophistication, size, and frequency

Corero Network Security has published the latest edition of its annual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report that compiles the trends, observations, predictions, and recommendations based on DDoS attacks against Corero customers during 2021. The report, now in its 7th year, highlights that DDoS threats continue to grow in sophistication, size, and frequency. Yet 2021 also reveals changes in attacker behaviour since the start of the pandemic including an increase of 297% in the use of OpenVPN … More ? The post DDoS threats growing in sophistication, size, and frequency appeared first on Help Net Security .

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5G network slicing vulnerability leaves enterprises exposed to cyberattacks

AdaptiveMobile Security today publicly disclosed details of a major security flaw in the architecture of 5G network slicing and virtualized network functions. The fundamental vulnerability has the potential to allow data access and denial of service attacks between different network slices on a mobile operator’s 5G network, leaving enterprise customers exposed to malicious cyberattack. The issue has the potential to cause significant security risks to enterprises using network slicing and undermine operators’ attempts to open … More ? The post 5G network slicing vulnerability leaves enterprises exposed to cyberattacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Huygens if true: Dutch police break up bulletproof hosting outfit and kill Mirai botnet

Cops also Cruyff cloggy couple Dutch police said in a translated news release that they have busted a local ‘bulletproof’ server hosting operation in a major takedown that also nabbed a pair of Mirai botnet operators.…

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