A variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been identified exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in Four-Faith industrial routers, with operations reportedly commencing in early November 2024. The primary aim of this botnet is to facilitate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, significantly disrupting target networks. This particular botnet is characterized by…
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) has issued a warning regarding cyber attacks orchestrated by Belarusian state-sponsored hackers, aimed at military personnel and associated individuals amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. This phishing campaign is significant as it targets accounts affiliated with the Ukrainian military, specifically personal accounts hosted on…
Microsoft has recently revealed a concerning escalation in cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. This unprecedented wave of assaults coincided with Russia’s initial missile strikes last week, highlighting a strategic and calculated effort to disrupt critical services within the country. The tech giant’s Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) reported that these attacks…
Russia Releases Extensive List of Alleged Cyberattack Sources Amid Ongoing Conflict As the Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies, the Russian government has unveiled a significant list of 17,576 IP addresses and 166 domains purportedly linked to a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting its domestic infrastructure. Released on Thursday by the…
Cybersecurity experts have recently identified an extensive campaign designed to exploit vulnerabilities in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers. This initiative has been largely successful in integrating these devices into a variant of the Mirai botnet known as the Murdoc Botnet. The ongoing operations reflect a significant escalation in…
Cybersecurity firm Imperva reported on Friday that it successfully mitigated a substantial ransom distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at an undisclosed target, which peaked at a staggering 2.5 million requests per second (RPS). Nelli Klepfish, a security analyst at Imperva, noted the evolving nature of ransom DDoS attacks, stating, “While…
Cybersecurity experts have reported that attackers are taking advantage of an undisclosed zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a new variant of the AISURU botnet, known as AIRASHI. This botnet is primarily orchestrating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which have reportedly been ongoing since June 2024. Research conducted…
Recent cybersecurity research has unveiled the utilization of a potent reflection/amplification attack method by malicious actors to execute prolonged distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, sustaining these assaults for as long as 14 hours and achieving an unprecedented amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296 to 1. This attack vector, known as TP240PhoneHome (CVE-2022-26143), has…
Recent developments in the cybersecurity landscape have revealed that a new variant of the Mirai botnet, known as Aquabot, is actively targeting a medium-severity vulnerability associated with Mitel IP phones. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-41710, has a CVSS score of 6.8 and involves command injection during the phone’s boot process,…
