It’s all lulz until someone goes to prison Austin Thompson, aka DerpTrolling, who came to prominence in 2013 by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against major video game companies, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison by a federal court .…
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Get rekt: Two years in clink for game-busting DDoS brat DerpTrolling
Over the past few years, cyber threats aimed at a number of critical infrastructure targets have drawn our attention to the security of mission critical networks. These threats have included power grids in Ukraine and Ireland, U.S. energy companies and nuclear power plants, and most recently, at an electric utility on the West Coast where a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack overwhelmed grid network systems with false Web traffic. This was the first documented digital attack … More ? The post Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks
Several TP-Link Wi-Fi extender devices sport a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over the devices and command them with the same privileges of their legitimate user, IBM X-Force researcher Grzegorz Wypych warns. Aside from making the device part of a botnet, attackers could carry out sophisticated malicious activity by executing any shell command on the device’s operating system. “An attacker compromising this type of device, and the device being … More ? The post Vulnerable TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders open to attack, patch now! appeared first on Help Net Security .
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That Guns N’ Roses album* might be out soon… or not Chat app Telegram has reportedly been DDoS’d, with its downtime coinciding with protests in Hong Kong against repressive new Chinese laws.…
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No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest
Global communications service providers, whose businesses are predicated on continuous availability and reliable service levels, are struggling to fend off a growing number of DDoS attacks against their networks. A lack of timely and actionable intelligence is seen as a major obstacle to DDoS protection, according to A10 Networks. The critical need for DDoS protection The A10 Networks study conducted by the Ponemon Institute highlights the critical need for DDoS protection that provides higher levels … More ? The post Global communications service providers struggling to fend off growing number of DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Global communications service providers struggling to fend off growing number of DDoS attacks
DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage to brands, according to Neustar. Also, when comparing Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018, the company has registered a 200 percent increase of attacks on directly provisioned customers. Report findings The largest attack size observed by them in Q1 2019 was 587 Gbps in volume, and the longest duration for a single attack was nearly a day and … More ? The post The latest DDoS attacks are mostly multi-vector and morph over time appeared first on Help Net Security .
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The latest DDoS attacks are mostly multi-vector and morph over time
Chinese kit slinger was told of UPnP flaw in 2013, didn’t do too much about it Exclusive Huawei bungled its response to warnings from an ISP’s code review team about a security vulnerability common across its home routers – patching only a subset of the devices rather than all of its products that used the flawed firmware.…
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Huawei bungled router security, leaving kit open to botnets, despite alert from ISP years prior
ISP alerted biz to UPnP flaw in 2013. Years later, same flaw kept cropping up Exclusive Huawei bungled its response to warnings from an ISP’s code review team about a security vulnerability common across its home routers – patching only two models rather than all of its products that used the same flawed firmware.…
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Huawei’s half-arsed router patching left kit open to botnets: Chinese giant was warned years ago – then bungled it
The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Along with the fewer total attacks, the average size decreased by 85 percent as did the maximum attack size by 24 percent, indicating the FBI crackdown was effective in reducing the global impact of DDoS attacks. However, booter websites are poised to make … More ? The post Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites
Powerful capabilities of modern browser APIs could be misused by attackers to take control of a site visitor’s browser, add it to their botnet, and use it for a variety of malicious actions, researchers from the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas and Stony Brook University are warning. To prove their point, they’ve created MarioNet, a prototype framework that allows them to do just that. The hijacked resources could be used for unwanted and … More ? The post Modern browser APIs can be abused for hijacking device resources appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Modern browser APIs can be abused for hijacking device resources