Malware used to take down Linux Foundation and make millions A Russian man has been imprisoned for 46 months after admitting to using the Ebury malware to create a massive botnet for fun and profit.…
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Russian admits being Ebury botnet herder, now jailed for 46 months
Despite Pai on face, US federal regulator keeps digging DDoS BS hole America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has continued digging an ever-deeper hole over its claims it was subject to a distributed denial-of-service attack.…
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FCC: We could tell you our cybersecurity plan… but we’d have to kill you
Attackers can look legit while hitting APIs that make the most work for an app Netflix has identified denial of service threat to microservices architectures that it’s labelled “application DDoS”.…
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‘App DDoS bombs’ that slam into expensive APIs worry Netflix
Like trying to get blood out of a stone Updated America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has declined to spare any more details on the cyber-assault that supposedly downed its website shortly after it announced its intent to kill net neutrality.…
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So, FCC, how about that massive DDoS? Hello? Hello…? You still there?
Millions of must-be-firewalled services sitting wide open Network security has improved little over the last 12 months – millions of vulnerable devices are still exposed on the open internet, leaving them defenceless to the next big malware attack.…
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Internet hygiene still stinks despite botnet and ransomware flood
Locky-style nasty will squeeze you for two whole bitcoins The Necurs botnet has been harnessed to fling a new strain of ransomware dubbed “Jaff”.…
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‘Jaff’ argh snakes: 5m emails/hour ransomware floods inboxes
Children, please welcome Persirai to the class Researchers have discovered yet another IoT botnet.…
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Another IoT botnet has been found feasting on vulnerable IP cameras
Not down to people trying to file comments on issues rhyming with wetsuit balloty, it insists Problems faced by consumers hoping to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission over the weekend were caused by a denial of service attack, the US government agency admits.…
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FCC blames DDoS for weekend commentary lockout
Spanish police say he ran the Kelihos botnet, hacking information and installing malicious software.
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Russian arrested in Spain ‘over mass hacking’
Spanish police say he ran the Kelihos botnet, hacking information and installing malicious software.
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Russian arrested in Spain ‘over mass hacking’