Tag: ddos
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BSidesSF 2025: How To Pull Off A Near Undetectable DDoS Attack (And How To Stop It)
Creator, Author and Presenter: Simon Wijckmans Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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BSidesSF 2025: How To Pull Off A Near Undetectable DDoS Attack (And How To Stop It)
Creator, Author and Presenter: Simon Wijckmans Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/rapper-bot-malware-seized-alleged-developer-identified-and-charged/
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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged
US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/20/alleged-rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-master-arrested-charged/
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DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet
DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire attacks since 2021. The criminal service is active in over 80 countries, RapperBot enabled large-scale…
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Feds Seize Powerful DDoSHire Service ‘Rapper Botnet’
22-Year-Old Oregon Man Charged With Selling DDoS Attacks Using Mirai Variant. Federal prosecutors have charged Oregon man Ethan Foltz, 22, with administering an on-demand service for disrupting websites called Rapper Bot. Resulting distributed-denial-of-service attacks disrupted DeepSeek and X, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense, which is leading the investigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Oregon Man Charged in Global “Rapper Bot” DDoSHire Scheme
A massive cybercrime operation tied to one of the internet’s most powerful DDoS-for-hire botnets, Rapper Bot, has been brought down, and at the center of the case is a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon. According to a federal criminal complaint filed on August 6, 2025, in the District of Alaska, Ethan Foltz is alleged to…
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DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot.Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The botnet has been used to carry out large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks…
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Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator
The DDoS botnet was among the powerful on record, allegedly exceeding six terrabits per second during its largest attack, authorities said. Victims are spread across 80 countries. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-disrupted/
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Internet-wide Vulnerability Enables Giant DDoS Attacks
A good chunk of all websites today have been affected by the biggest DDoS risk on the Web since 2023. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/internet-wide-vulnerability-giant-ddos-attacks
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Cyberangriff auf Webseiten von politischen Parteien in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
DDoS: CDU, AfD und SPD-Websites zeitweise offline First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/shortnews/ddos-cdu-afd-spd-websites-offline
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9 things CISOs need know about the dark web
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, automation, backup, blockchain, botnet, breach, captcha, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, dns, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, guide, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, law, leak, lockbit, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, russia, saas, scam, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayNew groups form after major marketplaces are disrupted: International takedown efforts damage infrastructure and curb cybercrime operations by disrupting larger operations, removing major players from the ecosystem and scattering user bases.However, the dark web is highly adaptive and sophisticated actors often maintain contingency plans, including mirrors, backups, and alternative forums, according to Edward Currie, associate…
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Win-DoS’ Zero-Click Exploit Could Weaponize Windows Infrastructure for DDoS Attacks
Security researchers have uncovered a “zero-click” denial-of-service chain that can silently turn thousands of Microsoft Windows Domain Controllers (DCs) into a globe-spanning botnet, raising fresh alarms in a year already defined by record-breaking distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) activity. DDoS attacks climbed 56% year-over-year in late-2024 according to Gcore’s latest Radar report, and Cloudflare’s network has already blocked…
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Sicherheits-News: Datenlecks (Google, Telekom); Schwachstellen (WinRAR, Windows) und mehr
Noch ein kleiner Sammelbeitrag zu Sicherheitsthemen. Es gibt mal wieder Datenlecks, bei Google, bei der Telekom etc. Die Software WinRAR enthält eine Schwachstelle, über die Schadsoftware ausgeliefert wird. Und Domain Controller mit Windows können in ein DDoS-Werkzeug verwandelt werden, die … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/08/11/sicherheits-news-datenlecks-google-telekom-schwachstellen-winrar-windows-und-mehr/
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‘Win-DDoS’: Researchers unveil botnet technique exploiting Windows domain controllers
Research revealed more DoS flaws: SafeBreach researchers also discovered CVE-2025-26673 in DC’s Netlogon service, where crafted RPC calls could crash the service remotely without authentication. By exploiting this weakness, attackers could knock out a critical Windows authentication component, potentially locking users out of domain resources until the system is rebooted. Similarly, CVE-2025-49716 targets Windows Local…
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Win-DDoS: Attackers can turn public domain controllers into DDoS agents
SafeBreach researchers have released details on several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to crash Windows Active Directory domain controllers (DCs), one … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/11/win-ddos-domain-controllers-ddos-vulnerability-cve-2025-32724/
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New Win-DDoS Flaws Let Attackers Turn Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnet via RPC, LDAP
A novel attack technique could be weaponized to rope thousands of public domain controllers (DCs) around the world to create a malicious botnet and use it to conduct power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The approach has been codenamed Win-DDoS by SafeBreach researchers Or Yair and Shahak Morag, who presented their findings at the DEF CON 33…
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5 Mythen über DDoS-Angriffe und Schutzmaßnahmen
Distributed-Denial-of-Service-Angriffe (DDoS) gibt es in vielen Formen und Größen, ebenso wie die Mythen, die sie umgeben. Diese DDoS können sich auf Motive, DDoS-Angriffsvektoren und -techniken, Abwehrstrategien und vieles mehr beziehen. DDoS-Mythen sind manchmal sogar gefährlicher als die Angriffe selbst, da die falschen Vorstellungen Unternehmen für andere Arten von Cyberangriffen anfällig machen, Abwehrstrategien in die falsche…
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What is a CISO? The top IT security leader role explained
Tags: access, authentication, breach, business, ceo, cio, cisa, ciso, compliance, computer, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, guide, Hardware, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, kubernetes, mitigation, msp, mssp, network, nist, programming, RedTeam, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, training, vpn, zero-day, zero-trust. You’ll often hear people say the difference between the two is that CISOs focus entirely on information security issues, while a CSOs remit is wider, also taking in physical security as well as risk management.But reality is messier. Many companies, especially smaller ones, have only one C-level security officer, called a CSO, with IT…
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Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2025
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, apple, application-security, attack, automation, awareness, banking, breach, business, ceo, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, finance, firewall, gitlab, government, group, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, microsoft, mitigation, network, password, programming, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, sophos, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, waf, zero-trustPalo Alto Networks to buy CyberArk for $25B as identity security takes center stage July 30, 2025: Palo Alto Networks is making what could be its biggest bet yet by agreeing to buy Israeli identity security company CyberArk for around $25 billion. “We envision Identity Security becoming the next major pillar of our multi-platform strategy, complementing our leadership…
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DDoS-Angriff auf einen IT-Dienstleister in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
DDoS-Angriff auf kommunale Websites First seen on brain-scc.de Jump to article: www.brain-scc.de/de/meldung/ddos-angriff-auf-kommunale-websites.html
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DDoS-Angriff auf die Website einer Stadtverwaltung in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Wir sind wieder Online! Eine DDoS-Attacke legte unsere Webseite lahm First seen on stadt-luetzen.de Jump to article: www.stadt-luetzen.de/de/aktuelles/wir-sind-wieder-online.html
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DDoS-Angriff auf eine Kreisverwaltung in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Cyberangriff trifft Wittenberg: Digitale Dienste zeitweise gestört First seen on mz.de Jump to article: www.mz.de/lokal/wittenberg/cyberangriff-trifft-wittenberg-digitale-dienste-zeitweise-gestort-4090823
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Cyberattacke auf Behörden Angriff legt über 30 Städte und Landkreise lahm
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ddos-angriff-legt-kommunen-sachsen-anhalt-thueringen-lahm-a-5880168fc1b1bf12afb0beef883663f8/
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DDoS-Angriff auf die Website einer Stadtverwaltung in Thüringen, Deutschland
Cyberangriff legt Erfurt.de lahm First seen on ich-liebe-erfurt.de Jump to article: ich-liebe-erfurt.de/cyberangriff-legt-erfurt-de-lahm/
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DDoS-Angriff auf Webseiten von Verwaltungen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland?
Internetseiten des Burgenlandkreises und der Stadt Lützen nicht erreichbar First seen on mz.de Jump to article: www.mz.de/lokal/weissenfels/internetseiten-des-burgenlandkreises-und-der-stadt-lutzen-nicht-erreichbar-4090022
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DDoS-Angriff auf den Livestream eines Fußballspiels
FC Barcelona statement First seen on fcbarcelona.com Jump to article: www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/4325274/fc-barcelona-statement
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Dynamische DDoS-Bedrohungslage – Wie KI die DDoS-Abwehr verändert
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/anstieg-ddos-aktivitaeten-ueberdenken-cyber-sicherheitsstrategien-a-48693b0658c09a38eb4b9bc31943b553/
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Europol Sting Leaves Russian Cybercrime’s ‘NoName057(16)’ Group Fractured
National authorities have issued seven arrest warrants in total relating to the cybercrime collective known as NoName057(16), which recruits followers to carry out DDoS attacks on perceived enemies of Russia. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/europol-sting-russian-cybercrime-noname05716