In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, a new class of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks has emerged, exploiting the intricate dance between network services. This phenomenon, known as application-layer loops, presents a sophisticated challenge that goes beyond traditional network-layer defenses. By manipulating two network services into an endless exchange of error messages, attackers […]
A novel multi-platform threat called NKAbuse has been discovered using a decentralized, peer-to-peer network connectivity protocol known as NKN (short for New Kind of Network) as a communications channel. “The malware utilizes NKN technology for data exchange between peers, functioning as a potent implant, and equipped with both flooder and backdoor capabilities,” Russian cybersecurity company […]
An active malware campaign is leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities with remote code execution (RCE) functionality to rope routers and video recorders into a Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet. “The payload targets routers and network video recorder (NVR) devices with default admin credentials and installs Mirai variants when successful,” Akamai said in an advisory published this […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that relied on a novel technique called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. The layer 7 attacks were detected in late August 2023, the companies said in a coordinated disclosure. The cumulative susceptibility to this attack is being […]
The notorious Hacktivists group, Known as Mysterious Team Bangladesh, exploits vulnerable versions of PHPMyAdmin and WordPress. It conducts DDoS and defacement attacks through open-source utilities and is believed to have carried out over 750 DDoS and 70+ website defacements within a year. The group has been active since 2020 and targets logistics, government, and financial […]
A hacktivist group known as Mysterious Team Bangladesh has been linked to over 750 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and 78 website defacements since June 2022. “The group most frequently attacks logistics, government, and financial sector organizations in India and Israel,” Singapore-headquartered cybersecurity firm Group-IB said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “The group […]
The security analysts at Akamai recently identified a new botnet called HinataBot, based on Golang. Apart from this, HinataBot has been observed exploiting the already-known security flaws in routers and servers to gain unauthorized access to launch DDoS attacks. At the beginning of the year, researchers uncovered this new botnet that had been operating for […]
At the beginning of January, Gcore faced an incident involving several L3/L4 DDoS attacks with a peak volume of 650 Gbps. Attackers exploited over 2000 servers belonging to one of the top three cloud providers worldwide and targeted a client who was using a free CDN plan. However, due to Gcore’s distribution of infrastructure and […]
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Monday disclosed that it thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). “The majority of attacks peaked in the ballpark of 50-70 million requests per second (RPS) with the largest exceeding 71 million,” the company said, calling it a “hyper-volumetric” DDoS […]
Researchers from Akamai have continued to study the cryptomining botnet KmsdBot and have looked at its attack flow. It is believed that KmsdBot is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) for hire due to the wide range of companies and regions that were attacked. “We have continued to analyze and play around with KmsdBot, including […]
Recently, a new piece of evasive malware has been discovered that is able to gain entry into enterprise systems in order to mine cryptocurrency by exploiting a key internet-facing protocol. Researchers have discovered that the malware is capable of launching DDoS attacks, gaining a foothold on corporate networks, and launching attacks. To maintain Akamai’s long-term […]
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 ranging from gaming […]
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare disclosed this week that it halted a 2.5 Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched by a Mirai botnet. Characterizing it as a “multi-vector attack consisting of UDP and TCP floods,” researcher Omer Yoachimik said the DDoS attack targeted the Minecraft server Wynncraft in Q3 2022. “The entire 2.5 Tbps […]
According to Cloudflare, a Mirai botnet strain launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign that peaked at 2.5 terabytes per second (Tbps), making it the greatest attack it has ever encountered. UDP and TCP floods were used in the attack, which targeted Wynncraft, a Minecraft server. The internet security company said that by containing the attack, […]
The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, hit 14 major US airport websites. The websites were temporarily shut down due to DDoS attacks led by pro-Russian hacker group ‘KillNet’, who hit back against the Western countries’ aggressive actions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine. According Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff of the US […]
On the day of June 27, 2022, Imperva, an internet cybersecurity company mitigated over 25.3 billion requests as part of a DDoS attack. A new record in the field of DDoS mitigation has been set by its solution. A Chinese telecommunications company that has not been named was targeted in the attack. This furious attack […]
Akamai identified a new Record-Breaking DDoS assault in Europe with attack traffic spiking to 704.8 Mpps to cripple the organization’s business operations. “On Monday, September 12, 2022, Akamai successfully detected and mitigated the now-largest DDoS attack ever launched against a European customer on the Prolexic platform, with attack traffic abruptly spiking to 704.8 Mpps in […]
Entrust is accused by LockBit of being behind the cyberattack. If such were the case, a genuine security firm would never retaliate by conducting a DDoS assault against criminals.Following a DDoS attack that knocked the LockBit ransomware gang offline for several days, the group has claimed that it will pursue more aggressive methods while aggressively […]
Google has been targeted with the largest DDoS attack in history against one of its customers. An attack on one of the Google Cloud Armor customers occurred on June 1st, during which 46 million requests were sent per second to a Google Cloud Armor customer by HTTPS DDoS attacks. It is the most powerful Layer […]
Taiwan’s Presidential website and several websites run by the government of Taiwan were disrupted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hours before United States Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to mainland China. According to NBC News Report, the attacks hit four websites, those of President Tsai Ing-wen, the National Defense Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and the […]
In the past few weeks, an organization in Eastern Europe has been the victim of the biggest DDoS attack that the continent has ever experienced. During the past month, several DDoS attacks have been launched against the target, a customer of Akamai, as part of an ongoing assault. Attackers are increasingly using DDoS attacks to […]