A newly discovered evasive malware leverages the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic protocol to gain entry into targeted systems with the goal of mining cryptocurrency and carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Dubbed KmsdBot by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), the Golang-based malware has been found targeting a variety of companies … [Read more...] about New KmsdBot Malware Hijacking Systems for Mining Crypto and Launch DDoS Attacks
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Fodcha DDoS Botnet Resurfaces with New Capabilities
The threat actor behind the Fodcha distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet has resurfaced with new capabilities, researchers reveal. This includes changes to its communication protocol and the ability to extort cryptocurrency payments in exchange for stopping the DDoS attack against a target, Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Lab said in a report published last … [Read more...] about Fodcha DDoS Botnet Resurfaces with New Capabilities
Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
Cloudflare on Wednesday disclosed that it acted to mitigate a 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The web infrastructure and website security company called it one of the "largest HTTPS DDoS attacks on record." "HTTPS DDoS attacks are more expensive in terms of required computational resources because of the higher cost of … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
Hackers Abuse Mitel Devices to Amplify DDoS Attacks by 4 Billion Times
Threat actors have been observed abusing a high-impact reflection/amplification method to stage sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for up to 14 hours with a record-breaking amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296 to 1. The attack vector – dubbed TP240PhoneHome (CVE-2022-26143) – has been weaponized to launch significant DDoS attacks targeting broadband access … [Read more...] about Hackers Abuse Mitel Devices to Amplify DDoS Attacks by 4 Billion Times
Mēris Botnet Hit Russia’s Yandex With Massive 22 Million RPS DDoS Attack
Russian internet giant Yandex has been the target of a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a new botnet called Mēris. The botnet is believed to have pummeled the company's web infrastructure with millions of HTTP requests, before hitting a peak of 21.8 million requests per second (RPS), dwarfing a recent botnet-powered attack that came to light last … [Read more...] about Mēris Botnet Hit Russia’s Yandex With Massive 22 Million RPS DDoS Attack
Cloudflare mitigated one of the largest DDoS attack involving 17.2 million rps
Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare on Thursday disclosed that it mitigated the largest ever volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack recorded to date. The attack, launched via a Mirai botnet, is said to have targeted an unnamed customer in the financial industry last month. "Within seconds, the botnet bombarded the Cloudflare edge with over … [Read more...] about Cloudflare mitigated one of the largest DDoS attack involving 17.2 million rps
Attackers Can Weaponize Firewalls and Middleboxes for Amplified DDoS Attacks
Weaknesses in the implementation of TCP protocol in middleboxes and censorship infrastructure could be weaponized as a vector to stage reflected denial of service (DoS) amplification attacks, surpassing many of the existing UDP-based amplification factors to date. Detailed by a group of academics from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado Boulder at the … [Read more...] about Attackers Can Weaponize Firewalls and Middleboxes for Amplified DDoS Attacks
Rising Demand for DDoS Protection Software Market By 2020-2028
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious form of attack that disrupts the regular network traffic by overwhelming the website with more traffic than the server can handle. The main aim of this kind of cyberattack is to render the website inoperable. Over recent years, these kinds of attacks are increasing, fueling the demand for the best DDoS protection … [Read more...] about Rising Demand for DDoS Protection Software Market By 2020-2028
Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. "Plex's startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it can be abused to generate reflection/amplification DDoS attacks," Netscout … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
Attackers Abusing Citrix NetScaler Devices to Launch Amplified DDoS Attacks
Citrix has issued an emergency advisory warning its customers of a security issue affecting its NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) devices that attackers are abusing to launch amplified distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against several targets. "An attacker or bots can overwhelm the Citrix ADC [Datagram Transport Layer Security] network throughput, … [Read more...] about Attackers Abusing Citrix NetScaler Devices to Launch Amplified DDoS Attacks