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The threat actors behind the CatDDoS malware botnet have exploited over 80 known security flaws in various software over the past three months to infiltrate vulnerable devices and co-opt them into...
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In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks looms more significant than ever. As these cyber threats grow in sophistication,...
Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, threatening server functionality,...
In light of the rise of "DDoS hacktivism" and the recent DDoS attacks aimed at disrupting French and Alabama government websites, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has updated its guidance of how governmental entities should respond to this type of attacks. "The main advantage of a DDoS attack over a DoS attack is the ability to generate a significantly higher volume of traffic, overwhelming the target system's resources to a greater extent," the agency says.
Several French government websites have been disrupted by a severe distributed denial of service attack. A statement from prime minister Gabriel Attal's office acknowledged that some sites were in trouble as of Sunday night, and mentioned conventional attacks of unprecedented intensity.
In this Help Net Security video, Andrey Slastenov, Head of Security Department at Gcore, discusses the findings of their latest report that provide insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. The maximum attack power rose from 800 Gbps to 1.6 Tbps. UDP floods constitute 62% of DDoS attacks.
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong, and then everyone else ran with it without reading the German text.
The only workaround recommended by Fortinet is to disable the SSL VPN. Disabling webmode won't mitigate the vulnerability, it said. Firstly, Fortinet backtracked and said these weren't vulnerabilities at all, instead explaining that they were issued in error and were duplicates of the single vulnerability mentioned in the aforementioned October advisory - CVE-2023-34992.