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,…
Recent developments have drawn the attention of cybersecurity experts worldwide, as the Five Eyes nations—comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States—issued a comprehensive advisory on rising cyber threats linked to Russian state-sponsored actors and criminal syndicates. This advisory underscores the heightened risk posed to critical…
Major DDoS Attack Mitigated by Cloudflare On Wednesday, Cloudflare announced that it successfully mitigated a staggering distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, generating 15.3 million requests per second (RPS). This incident marks one of the most significant HTTPS DDoS attacks recorded to date. Cloudflare, a leader in web infrastructure and security, highlighted…
Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Thwarted by Cloudflare In a significant cybersecurity event, Cloudflare disclosed on Tuesday that it successfully mitigated a record-setting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at an astounding 26 million requests per second (RPS). This marks the largest HTTPS DDoS attack identified to date, showcasing the escalating scale…
