Kit used as part of online banking fraud Cybercrooks are marketing a hardware-based tool for running denial of service attacks on telephone systems.…
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ACHTUNG! Scary Linux backdoor turns your box into a DDoS platform
Xnote.1 – the Swiss Army knife of malware Cybercrooks have cooked up a Linux backdoor boasting multiple malicious functions.…
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ACHTUNG! Scary Linux backdoor turns your box into a DDoS platform
Android Wi-Fi Direct DoS vulnerability discovered
Some Android devices are affected by a Denial of Service attack when scanning for WiFi Direct devices, according to Andres Blanco from the CoreLabs Team. An attacker could send a specially crafted …
Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints
When they were up, they were up, and when they were down… Finnish bank OP is continuing to fight off a cascading series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that began on New Year’s Eve.…
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Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints
Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets
Crimeware-as-a-Service Crooks behind Vawtrak, a dangerous banking Trojan, are ramping up its reach and sophistication, security firms have warned.…
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Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets
4 million UPnP devices may be vulnerable to attack
Akamai has observed the use of a new reflection and amplification DDoS attack that deliberately misuses communications protocols that come enabled on millions of home and office devices, including rou…
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Yahoo! servers! SHELLSHOCKED! by! Bash! bug! bad! boys!
Hash bang wallop Updated Yahoo ! has confirmed “a handful” of its systems fell to hackers exploiting the Shellshock vulnerability in Bash. The miscreants used the hole to take control of the web servers and build a botnet out of them.…
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Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and interviews: Gathering and using threat intelligence In this interview, Tomer Teller, Security Innovation Manager at…
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Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT
Microsoft patches DoS flaw in its Malware Protection Engine
Microsoft has released an update for its Malware Protection Engine to fix a privately reported security vulnerability that could allow a denial of service if the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine sc…
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Android nasty sends your texts to CHINA
Best hope you weren’t messaging your bank manager Security researchers have discovered an Android botnet that masquerades as a benign settings app for carrying out administrative tasks on mobile devices.…
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Android nasty sends your texts to CHINA