Denial of Service (DDoS) (Page 2)

Vulnerability in Snort detection engine would allow unauthenticated remote hackers to cause DoS attacks on affected devices

On: April 21, 2022

Tagged: Cisco, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, intrusion prevention system (IPS), Modbus, security flaws, Snort, technology

A flaw has been reported in the Modbus preprocessor of the Snort detection engine whose exploitation could lead to severe hacking scenarios. Snort is a free network intrusion detection systemRead More →

Critical vulnerability in PHP allows easy DoS attack on millions of websites

On: April 1, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Information Security, PHP, Security breach, technology, web application security, Web Applications

A severe vulnerability in a PHP function would allow threat actors to evade security measures implemented for the protection of web applications. The affected feature is filter_var(), which allows developersRead More →

These three critical vulnerabilities in NumPy, an important Python library, affect your web applications?

On: March 24, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, NumPy, Python, security flaws, technology, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of some critical vulnerabilities in NumPy, a library for the Python programming language with support for creating vectors and multidimensional arrays, along with a largeRead More →

Russian energy firm Rosneft is hacked: Anonymous does it again

On: March 16, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Anonymous, Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Germany, Hacking, hacktivism, incidents, Information Security, Rosneft, Russia, Twitter, Ukraine

Anonymous continues to play an active role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This time, the hacktivist collective claimed to have hacked the German facilities of the Russian energyRead More →

This free DDos attack tool will infect your device with cryptocurrency theft malware

On: March 11, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cisco Talos, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, Denial of Service (DDoS), disBalancer, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Liberator, malware, Russia, security flaws, Telegram, Ukraine

The Russian military invasion at Ukraine has generated repercussions in multiple fields, including the world of cybersecurity. Public and private organizations in Russia and Ukraine have been the target ofRead More →

Squad303 hacking group tool allows you to send anonymous messages to any Russian phone number

On: March 9, 2022

In: Technology

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, messaging apps, Russia, security flaws, SMS messages, Squad303, Ukraine

A hacking group announced the creation of an online tool that allows users to send automatic text messages to random phone numbers in Russia in order to spread information aboutRead More →

CVE-2022-26143: Critical vulnerability in Mitel MiCollab and MiVoice Business Express systems enables a new level of DDoS attacks

On: March 9, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Akamai, Cloudflare, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Information Security, Shadowserver Foundation, Team Cymru, vulnerability

A team made up of multiple cybersecurity firms published a report related to the detection of denial of service (DoS) attacks with an amplification rate of more than 4 billionRead More →

New type of massive DoS attacks used to extort money from public and private organizations. Ransom notes within DoS packages

On: March 7, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: botnet, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), extortion, Hacking, IMPERVA, incidents, Information Security, malware, security flaws, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of a denial of service (DoS) attack with very interesting features. According to Imperva researchers, this attack reaches a rate of 2.5 million requests perRead More →

Threat actors are using Ukrainian government hacked emails to send phishing emails worldwide. Be careful if you receive email from Ukrainian domains

On: March 3, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), email security, hackers, Hacking, Information Security, malware, Proofpoint, Russia, security flaws, Ukraine, UNC1151

Russia and Ukraine are fighting great battles in the streets, political forums and, of course, in cyberspace. Hacking groups and activists are acting for both sides seeking to wreak considerableRead More →