All posts tagged "DDoS"
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669MalwareNew ShellBot DDoS Malware Variants Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers
Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of a malware called...
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4.8KCyber AttackZerobot Botnet Emerges as a Growing Threat with New Exploits and Capabilities
The Zerobot DDoS botnet has received substantial updates that expand on its ability to target more internet-connected devices and scale its network....
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3.6KCyber AttackFBI Charges 6, Seizes 48 Domains Linked to DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 48 domains that offered services to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...
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4.7KDDOSAggressive DDoS Attack – Over 700 Mpps Attack Traffic to Cripple Target Organization
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....
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4.2KDDOSLargest DDoS Attack Ever – 659.6 Million Packets Per Second
In the past few weeks, an organization in Eastern Europe has been the victim of the biggest DDoS attack that the continent...
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3.1KMalwareMantis Botnet Behind the Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack Targeting Cloudflare Customers
The botnet behind the largest HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in June 2022 has been linked to a spate of attacks aimed...
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300DDOS26 Million Request Per Second DDoS Attack Detected – Largest HTTPS DDoS Ever Recorded
For the protection of Cloudflare customers last week, Cloudflare assessed 26 million requests per second and mitigated the attacks as part of...
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4.1KMalwareNew EnemyBot DDoS Botnet Borrows Exploit Code from Mirai and Gafgyt
A threat group that pursues crypto mining and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been linked to a new botnet called Enemybot, which...
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582MalwareBeastmode DDoS Botnet Exploiting New TOTOLINK Bugs to Enslave More Routers
A variant of the Mirai botnet called Beastmode has been observed adopting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in TOTOLINK routers between February and March...
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3.6KDDOSSimilarities and Difference Between Ransomware and DDoS Extortion Attacks
Cybercriminals leverage multiple methods to bring financial gain. Most of the ways are based on infiltrating an organization’s network and gaining unauthenticated...
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2.1KMalwareNew EwDoor Botnet Targeting Unpatched AT&T Network Edge Devices
A newly discovered botnet capable of staging distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeted unpatched Ribbon Communications (formerly Edgewater Networks) EdgeMarc appliances belonging to...
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1.7KCyber EventsBandwidth.com reports multimillion dollar loss post DDoS attacks
In September 2021, Bandwidth.com suffered a series of days-long DDoS attacks forcing its service to go offline in the United States. In...
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4.2KCyber EventsIranian Gas Stations Crippled After Suffering Cyberattack
Soon after the cyberattack, videos and posts started surfacing on social media displaying messages that read: “Khamenei! Where is our gas?” Another...
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615Cyber CrimeDDoS booter customers received warning letters by Dutch police
Apparently, the individuals who received the warning were identified as suspects and will be prosecuted for a cyber offense if they continue...
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4.5KCyber EventsBandwidth.com is latest victim of nonstop DDoS attacks against VoIP
Bandwidth.com has been suffering DDoS attacks for the past 3 days nonstop. Bandwidth.com is the newest victim of DDoS attacks, explicitly targeting...
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2.6KCyber EventsRussian electronic voting system hit by 19 DDoS attacks in one day
According to local Russian media, these DDoS attacks originated from several different countries including India, China, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Thailand, Lithuania, Bangladesh,...
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3.6KCyber EventsCanadian firm VoIP.ms hit by non-stop extortion-based DDoS attacks
Although unconfirmed; the notorious REvil ransomware gang could be behind the DDoS attacks on VoIP.ms. A Quebec-based Internet phone service provider VoIP.ms,...
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1.7KData SecurityREvil ransomware gang is back after disappearing amid Kaseya attack
The official .Onion website of REvil ransomware gang is back online while its chat platform and clearnet site is still offline. The...
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4.4KData SecurityYandex hit by largest DDoS attack involving 200,000 hacked devices
Yandex, a Russia-based technology and search engine giant, has confirmed that its servers were targeted with cyber history’s largest DDoS attack last...
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799MalwareSOVA: New Android Banking Trojan Emerges With Growing Capabilities
A mix of banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. and Spain are the target of a newly discovered...
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4.7KCyber EventsREvil gang hits UK ITSPs with series of extortion-based DDoS attacks
Reportedly, the REvil ransomware gang is using DDoS attacks to make huge ransom demands from victim companies VoIP Unlimited and Voipfone. Two...
