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Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2022

KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Researchers spotted a new evasive malware, tracked as KmsdBot, that infects systems via an SSH connection that uses weak credentials. Akamai Security Research discovered a new evasive Golang-based malware, tracked as KmsdBot, that infects systems via an SSH connection that uses weak login credentials. The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2022

Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia

Government institutions in Bulgaria have been hit by a cyber attack during the weekend, experts believe it was launched by Russian threat actors. The infrastructure of government institutions in Bulgaria has been hit by a massive DDoS attack. The attack started on Saturday and experts believe that it was orchestrated by Russian threat actors. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2022

Cloudflare blocked a 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack aimed at the Minecraft server

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. The Cloudflare DDoS threat report 2022 Q3 states that multi-terabit massive DDoS attacks have become increasingly frequent. In Q3, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2022

Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3 billion requests

Cybersecurity company Imperva announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack with a total of over 25.3 billion requests. Cybersecurity firm Imperva mitigated a DDoS attack with over 25.3 billion requests on June 27, 2022. According to the experts, the attack marks a new record for Imperva’s application DDoS mitigation solution. The attack targeted an unnamed […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2022

Akamai mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack against a Europen customer

Akamai announced to have recently blocked a new record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. On Monday, September 12, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever that hit one of its European customers. The malicious traffic peaked at 704.8 Mpps and appears to originate from the same threat actor behind the previous record that Akamai blocked […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2022

Lockbit leak sites hit by mysterious DDoS attack after Entrust hack

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. Entrust Corp., provides software and hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. The Lockbit ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2022

Killnet claims to have breached Lockheed Martin

Russian hacker group Killnet claims to have launched a DDoS attack on the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. The Moscow Times first reported that the Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet is claiming responsibility for a recent DDoS attack that hit the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. The Killnet group also claims to have stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2022

Taiwan Government websites suffered DDoS attacks during the Nancy Pelosi visit

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The cyber attacks forced offline the government […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2022

Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers

This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. The attack hit an Akamai customer in Eastern Europe that was targeted 75 times in the past 30 days with multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2022

Mantis botnet powered the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in June

The largest HTTPS DDoS attack recently mitigated by Cloudflare was launched by the Mantis botnet. In June 2022, DDoS mitigation firm Cloudflare announced it has mitigated the largest HTTPS DDoS attack that was launched by a botnet they have called Mantis. The Mantis botnet generated 26 million request per second using approximately 5000 hijacked virtual […]

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KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia

Cloudflare blocked a 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack aimed at the Minecraft server

Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3 billion requests

Akamai mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack against a Europen customer

Lockbit leak sites hit by mysterious DDoS attack after Entrust hack

Killnet claims to have breached Lockheed Martin

Taiwan Government websites suffered DDoS attacks during the Nancy Pelosi visit

Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers

Mantis botnet powered the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in June

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