Security News > 2023 > July > DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors

The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of targets to be bombarded with junk HTTP requests in an attempt to bring them down.

Launched in 2022 and a successor of the Bobik botnet, the attack tool is designed for staging distributed denial-of-service attacks against targets primarily located in Europe as well as Australia, Canada, and Japan.

DDoSia is distributed through a fully-automated process on Telegram that allows individuals to register for the crowdsourced initiative in exchange for a cryptocurrency payment and a ZIP archive containing the attack toolkit.

What's noteworthy about the new version is the use of encryption to mask the list of targets to be attacked, indicating that the tool is being actively maintained by the operators.

The development comes as the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned of targeted denial-of-service and DDoS attacks against multiple organizations in multiple sectors.

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