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DDoS Booters Now Abuse DTLS Servers To Amplify Attacks DDoS-for-hire services are now actively abusing misconfigured or out-of-date Datagram Transport Layer Security (D/TLS) servers to amplify Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DTLS is a UDP-based version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that prevents eavesdropping and tampering in delay-sensitive apps and services. Already abused in
Hacking Group Used 11 Zero-Days To Attack Windows, iOS, Android Users Project Zero, Google’s zero-day bug-hunting team, discovered a group of hackers that used 11 zero-days in attacks targeting Windows, iOS, and Android users within a single year. The Project Zero team revealed that the hacking group behind these attacks ran two separate campaigns, in February and
The Week In Ransomware – March 19th 2021 – Highest Ransom Ever! While the beginning of this week was fairly quiet, it definitely ended with a bang as news came out of the largest ransom demand yet. It was revealed at the end of the week that computer maker Acer suffered a REvil ransomware attack where the
Critical F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability Now Targeted In Ongoing Attacks On Thursday, cybersecurity firm NCC Group said that it detected successful in the wild exploitation of a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. The exploitation attempts have started earlier this week and have escalated during the last 24 hours, with mass