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Researchers Detailed Credential Abuse Cycle

Gurubaran — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:33:49 +0000

The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against Anonymous Sudan, a hacking group responsible for distributed denial-of-service attacks. LameDuck, a new threat actor, has carried out several massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to affect critical infrastructure, cloud providers, and various industries. The group leverages social media to amplify its impact […]

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Russia-Linked Hackers Attacking Governmental And Political Organizations

Aman Mishra — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:53:20 +0000

Two pro-Russian threat actors launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign against Japanese organizations on October 14, 2024. The campaign targeted logistics, manufacturing, government, and political entities. An attack leveraged various non-spoofed direct-path DDoS attack vectors, including well-known nuisance networks, cloud providers, and VPN networks, where the campaign using the DDoSia botnet is ongoing and […]

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GorillaBot Emerged As King For DDoS Attacks With 300,000+ Commands

Aman Mishra — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:52:17 +0000

The newly emerged Gorilla Botnet has exhibited unprecedented activity, launching over 300,000 DDoS attacks against targets in over 100 countries between September 4 and 27. The botnet, a modified version of Mirai, supports multiple CPU architectures and employs advanced techniques to maintain long-term control over infected devices. It leverages encryption algorithms commonly used by the […]

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Researchers Detailed Russian Hacktivist/State Hackers Tactics

Balaji — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:43:47 +0000

The People’s Cyber Army of Russia is a Russian hacktivist group known for its strategic use of DDoS attacks and other disruptive tactics. Operating as part of the broader Russian cyber warfare landscape, the group has been involved in several attacks on Ukraine, reflecting a continuation of tactics seen in earlier Russian operations. Their activities […]

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MegaMedusa, Highly Scalable Web DDoS Attack Tool Used By Hacker Groups

Raga Varshini — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:43:32 +0000

RipperSec, a pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim Malaysian hacktivist group, has rapidly grown since its Telegram inception in June 2023. Leveraging a community of over 2,000 members, they conduct cyberattacks, including data breaches, defacements, and DDoS attacks, and their primary tool is MegaMedusa, which is a publicly accessible, easily deployable DDoS tool employing 10 randomization techniques to evade […]

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Record Breaking DDoS Attack 419 TB of Malicious Traffic Within 24-Hours

Divya — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:17:43 +0000

A record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack unleashed 419 terabytes of malicious traffic over 24 hours. This unprecedented event, which began at 8:05 UTC on July 15, 2024, targeted a financial services company in Israel, showcasing the evolving threat landscape of cyber warfare. A Sustained Assault The attack commenced with a small probing attempt, […]

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Panamorfi TCP flood DDoS Attack Targeting Jupyter Notebooks

Raga Varshini — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:40:57 +0000

An attacker, identified as Yawixooo, leveraged a publicly accessible Jupyter Notebook honeypot as an initial access vector. The honeypot’s exposure to the internet-enabled Yawixooo to exploit it without requiring complex techniques. Once gaining a foothold on the system, the attacker downloaded a new zip file (MD5: 42989a405c8d7c9cb68c323ae9a9a318) from filebin.net, which was only flagged as malicious […]

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Ukraine Hackers Hit Major Russian banks with DDoS attacks

Divya — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:24:34 +0000

Several prominent Russian bank clients experienced issues with their mobile apps and websites. According to Downdetector, complaints began to surge around 09:30 Moscow time. The affected banks included Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, VTB, and Rosbank. By midday, Post Bank clients also reported problems. Users could not make payments or access their accounts, leading to widespread frustration. Banks […]

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Two Russian Nationals Charged for Cyber Attacks against U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Divya — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:26:07 +0000

The United States has designated Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, two members of the Russian hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), for their roles in cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. Pankratova, the group’s leader, and Degtyarenko, a primary hacker, have been implicated in a series of cyber-attacks that severely threaten […]

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NCA Shut’s Down the Most Popular “digitalstress” DDoS-for-hire Service

Divya — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:13:20 +0000

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has successfully infiltrated and dismantled one of the most notorious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) for hire services, digitalstress.su. This criminal marketplace, responsible for tens of thousands of attacks weekly worldwide, was taken down through a collaborative effort between the NCA and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Earlier […]

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