Emotet Botnet’s Latest Resurgence Spreads to Over 100,000 Computers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The insidious Emotet botnet, which staged a return in November 2021 after a 10-month-long hiatus, is once again exhibiting signs of steady growth, amassing a swarm of...
Hackers Abuse Mitel Devices to Amplify DDoS Attacks by 4 Billion Times
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Threat actors have been observed abusing a high-impact reflection/amplification method to stage sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for up to 14 hours with a record-breaking amplification ratio...
Google: Russian Hackers Target Ukrainians, European Allies via Phishing Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A broad range of threat actors, including Fancy Bear, Ghostwriter, and Mustang Panda, have launched phishing campaigns against Ukraine, Poland, and other European entities amid Russia's invasion...
Imperva Thwarts 2.5 Million RPS Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity company Imperva on Friday said it recently mitigated a ransom distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed website that peaked at 2.5 million requests per second...
Russia Releases List of IPs, Domains Attacking Its Infrastructure with DDoS Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
As the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, the Russian government on Thursday released a massive list containing 17,576 IP addresses and 166 domains that it said...
Hackers Begin Weaponizing TCP Middlebox Reflection for Amplified DDoS Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a new amplification technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection have been detected for the first time in the wild, six months after the...
China-linked Daxin Malware Targeted Multiple Governments in Espionage Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A previously undocumented espionage tool has been deployed against selected governments and other critical infrastructure targets as part of a long-running espionage campaign orchestrated by China-linked threat...
Microsoft Finds FoxBlade Malware Hit Ukraine Hours Before Russian Invasion
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Update: It's worth noting that the malware Microsoft tracks as FoxBlade is the same as the data wiper that's been denominated HermeticWiper (aka KillDisk).
Microsoft on Monday disclosed...
Russia-Ukraine War: Phishing, Malware and Hacker Groups Taking Sides
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) has warned of Belarusian state-sponsored hackers targeting its military personnel and related individuals as part of a phishing campaign mounted amidst...
Putin Warns Russian Critical Infrastructure to Brace for Potential Cyber Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Russian government on Thursday warned of cyber attacks aimed at domestic critical infrastructure operators, as the country's full-blown invasion of Ukraine enters the second day.
In addition...
