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What is a Smurf Attack? How Does It Work?

ByStephanie AdlamMay 4, 2022

Smurfing, or smurf attack, is a kind of DDoS attack. It has a pretty easy mechanism, but counteracting it may be as hard as it could be with the most sophisticated types of denial attacks. Let’s check how that works, and figure out how to mirror that attack as well as

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Ukraine Was Hit by DDoS Attacks from Hacked WordPress Sites

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMay 1, 2022

Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) said that Ukraine was hit by large-scale DDoS attacks. CERT-UA has published a report on ongoing DDoS attacks on Ukrainian websites and a government web portal. Unknown attackers compromise WordPress sites and inject

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Akamai Researchers Say DDoS Attacks Amplification for 4 Billion Times

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 14, 2022

This week, Akamai experts discovered a unique DDoS amplification vector that can achieve a 4.3 billion to one attack repelling or amplification ratio. The new attack vector is based on the abuse of unprotected Mitel MiCollab and MiVoice Business Express systems, which act as

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Akamai Says Powerful DDoS Attacks Are Becoming the Norm

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 31, 2021

According to Akamai’s calculations, powerful ransomware DDoS attacks are becoming the norm. Although they fall short of past records (recall last year’s 2.54 TB/sec attack or 1.35 TB/sec attack in 2018), it’s still a big problem. The fact is that three

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Hackers attack Microsoft Exchange servers on behalf of Brian Krebs

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 30, 2021

The well-known information security expert, journalist and author of the KrebsOnSecurity blog has repeatedly become a target for attacks and mockery of hackers. Now hackers are attack Microsoft Exchange servers with Proxylogon vulnerabilities on behalf of Brian Krebs. The

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Attackers using DCCP protocol for DDoS attacks

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 24, 2021

Akamai has noticed that attackers are using the little-known DCCP network protocol (Datagram Congestion Control Protocol) for DDoS attacks. This internet standard was approved in 2007 and helps monitoring network congestion for UDP-based communications. DCCP is especially

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DTLS can amplify DDoS by 37 times

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 18, 2021

Netscout warns that using of the DTLS vector allows hackers to amplify DDoS attacks by 37 times. The researchers found that criminals are using a relatively new vector for amplifying DDoS attacks: the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol, which provides

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REvil spokesman boasts that hackers have access to ballistic missile launch systems

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 17, 2021

A Revil representative under the pseudonym Unknown, claims that the hackers, partners in the use of malware, have access to ballistic missile launch systems. Cybercriminal group REvil operates on the RaaS ransomware-as-a-service business model, in which attackers offer

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Google revealed the most powerful DDoS attack in history

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyOctober 17, 2020

This week, the Google Cloud team talked about a previously unknown DDoS attack that targeted a Google service back in September 2017 and peaked at 2.54 TB/sec, making it the most powerful recorded attack in history. Soon, analysts from the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG)

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Lucifer malware uses many exploits, is engaged in mining and DDoS attacks

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 29, 2020

Palo Alto Networks experts have prepared a report on Lucifer malware, which uses many exploits and, according to experts, “wreaks havoc” on Windows hosts. It is noted that the authors of the malware themselves named their brainchild Satan DDoS, but information