NoName057(16) hacker group launched DDoS attacks against 2023 Czech presidential election linked websites
A Russian affiliated hacker group dubbed NoName057(16) has launched DDoS attacks against 2023 Czech presidential election.
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Fortinet releases security update for High severity FortiADC vulnerability (CVE-2022-39947)
Fortinet has released a security advisory that addresses a Critical ‘command injection in web interface’
vulnerability (CVE-2022-39947) in multiple versions of FortiADC.
MCCrash botnet launches DDoS attacks against Minecraft servers
Microsoft researchers have detected a cross-platform botnet designed to infect Windows, Linux, and IoT devices. The botnet dubbed “MCCrash” then launches distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers.
XorDdos: DDoS malware targets Linux systems
Over the past six months, Microsoft has observed a spike in cyberactivity of 254% from XorDdos, a trojan targeting Linux-based cloud systems and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
EwDoor Botnet attacking AT&T network edge devices
An attacker has been targeting unpatched AT&T network edge devices via a brand new botnet dubbed EwDoor.
XORDDoS and Kaiji DDoS botnets target internet exposed Docker servers
Security experts warn malware variants of XORDDoS and Kaiji distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets are targeting exposed Docker servers.
CallStranger UPnP vulnerability affects multiple internet-facing products
The CERT Coordination Center issued a new advisory for a UPnP configuration vulnerability CVE-2020-12695 that could allow an attacker to abuse devices and send traffic to arbitrary destinations. As a result, devices connected to the internet with UPnP enabled could expose additional vulnerabilities that could lead to amplified DDoS attacks and data loss.
Electrum DDoS botnet infects over 150K hosts
Hackers have infected nearly 152,000 hosts with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) botnet targeting Electrum developers and their servers.
Red Hat releases memcached security guidance
Red Hat released security guidance that addresses recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) amplification attacks being performed by attackers who are exploiting vulnerable memcached systems exposed to the internet.
Cache utility memcached is being exploited
Do you have any internet-facing devices running memcached? Security experts warn that systems exposed to the internet and running memcached on port 11211 UDP and TCP are being exploited in a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) reflection attack.