Tag: Internet
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CISA Releases New Guidelines to Secure Firewalls, Routers, and Internet-Facing Servers
Tags: cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, firewall, Hardware, infrastructure, international, Internet, network, router, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled a new set of guidelines to fortify firewalls, routers, internet-facing servers, and other edge devices against cyber threats. This collaborative guidance, supported by leading international cybersecurity organizations, aims to address vulnerabilities in hardware that form the backbone of critical infrastructure and operational networks worldwide. Edge devices”,…
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New trojan hijacks Linux and IoT devices
There’s a new trojan on the block, one that specifically targets network appliances and internet of things (IoT) devices running the open-source Linux operating system.FortiGuard Labs has identified a new malware kit, dubbed “ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr”, that has the ability to infect and remotely control systems, establish root privilege, maintain malware presence, exfiltrate data such as user…
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CryptoDNA: AI-Powered Cryptojacking Defense Against DDoS Threats in Healthcare IoT
Tags: ai, attack, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, healthcare, Internet, iot, monitoring, network, service, threat, vulnerabilityThe integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Medical (IoM) devices has revolutionized healthcare, enabling real-time monitoring, remote diagnostics, and data-driven decision-making. However, these advancements have also introduced significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities, particularly Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks overwhelm networks with illegitimate requests, disrupting critical services and jeopardizing patient safety. In response to…
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What Is Attack Surface Management?
Attack surfaces are growing faster than security teams can keep up to stay ahead, you need to know what’s exposed and where attackers are most likely to strike.With cloud adoption dramatically increasing the ease of exposing new systems and services to the internet, prioritizing threats and managing your attack surface from an attacker’s perspective has…
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OT-Sicherheit in der kritischen Infrastruktur
Die Digitalisierung treibt die Konvergenz der IT- und OT-Infrastruktur in Unternehmen voran, was vor allem für die Produktionsumgebung gefährlich ist, da viele Maschinen nie darauf ausgelegt worden sind, dass sie ans Internet angeschlossen werden. Doch das Bewusstsein für die Angriffsfläche und die Folgen eines erfolgreichen Angriffs ist nicht in allen Organisationen geschärft. Die Bedrohungen aber…
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5 Encrypted Attack Predictions for 2025
Tags: access, ai, apt, attack, automation, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, cryptography, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, encryption, exploit, government, group, india, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, malicious, malware, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, tactics, technology, threat, update, vpn, zero-trustThe cyberthreat landscape of 2024 was rife with increasingly sophisticated threats, and encryption played a pivotal role”, a staggering 87.2% of threats were hidden in TLS/SSL traffic. The Zscaler cloud blocked 32.1 billion attempted encrypted attacks, a clear demonstration of the growing risk posed by cybercriminals leveraging encryption to evade detection. ThreatLabz reported that malware…
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Unknown threat actor targeting Juniper routers with backdoor: Report
Network administrators using routers from Juniper Networks are being urged to scan for possible compromise after the discovery that an unknown threat actor has been installing a backdoor in customer routers since at least 2023.The bad news: According to researchers at Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs, the unknown attacker can install a reverse shell on…
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SonicWall SMA 1000 series appliances left exposed on the internet
The company last week confirmed attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the devices.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/sonicwall-sma-1000-exposed/738501/
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10 Tipps zum DataDay 2025
KnowBe4 feiert den Datenschutztag mit praktischen und wirksamen Empfehlungen, die Einzelpersonen und Organisationen dabei helfen sollen, die Kontrolle über ihre Datensicherheit zu übernehmen. In einer Zeit, in der Daten ständig gesammelt, weitergegeben und monetarisiert werden, erinnert der Data-Privacy-Day jedes Jahr daran, wie wichtig es ist, die Privatsphäre im Internet zu schützen und zu fördern. Der…
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Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2025: Why Protecting Your Information Is More Important Than Ever
Data Privacy Day (DPD), observed annually on January 28, is a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the critical importance of safeguarding personal information. With cyber threats lurking around every corner of the internet, the day serves as a reminder for individuals and organizations alike to assess their online behavior and take proactive steps…
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Deutscher Cloud-Provider: Massives Datenleck mit Daten von Bürgern Georgiens
Unschöne Geschichte, die einen deutschen Cloud-Provider betrifft, der Daten von fast allen Bewohnern Georgiens in einem Elasticsearch-Server gehostet hat. Leider war der Elasticsearch-Server ungeschützt per Internet erreichbar. Ein Sicherheitsforscher ist auf das Datenleck gestoßen und hat es gemeldet. Inzwischen ist … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/01/28/deutscher-cloud-provider-massives-datenleck-mit-daten-von-buergern-georgiens/
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Deepfakes: Wie Internet-Nutzer täuschend echte Fälschungen erkennen können
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/deepfakes-internet-nutzer-taeuschung-echtheit-faelschungen-erkennung
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Python administrator moves to improve software security
The administrators of the Python Package Index (PyPI) have begun an effort to improve the hundreds of thousands of software packages that are listed. The attempt, which began earlier last year, is to identify and stop malware-laced packages from proliferating across the open-source community that contributes and consumes Python software. As previously reported, hijacking Python…
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Mastercard’s multi-year DNS cut-and-paste nightmare
Due to a Domain Name System (DNS) setting error, which the security researcher who discovered it said was almost certainly a cut-and-paste problem, Mastercard had a DNS record with a missing character for almost five years. That error would have allowed attackers to potentially take over the subdomain, create a bogus site that mimics the…
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The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes
Bigger, badder DDoSes are flooding the Internet. Dismal IoT security is largely to blame. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/the-internet-is-once-again-awash-with-iot-botnets-delivering-record-ddoses/
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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date
Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. The Murdoc botnet Qualys … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/22/mirai-ddos-botnets-iot/
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48,000+ internet-facing Fortinet firewalls still open to attack
Despite last week’s confirmation of and warnings about long-standing exploitation of CVE-2024-55591, a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet Fortigate firewalls, too … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/22/48000-internet-facing-fortinet-firewalls-still-open-to-attack/
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Spooks of the internet came alive this Halloween
Halloween 2024 made history with a massive spike in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, with one particular assault reaching over 5 Terabits-per-second (Tbps) worth of phony traffic.In its quarterly analysis of DDoS attacks, Cloudflare reported a surge in hyper-volumetric attacks in the fourth quarter of 2024.”In the fourth quarter, over 420 of those attacks…
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Record Breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack Launched by Mirai Botnet
The Mirai botnet unleashed a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on October 29, 2024, peaking at an astonishing 5.6 terabits per second (Tbps). This mega surge of malicious traffic targeted a Cloudflare customer, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in Eastern Asia, marking the largest DDoS attack ever recorded. Understanding DDoS Attacks DDoS…
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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date.The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its customers, an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern Asia.…
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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date.The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its customers, an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern Asia.…
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New Mirai Variant Targets Flaws in Cameras and Routers
Murdoc Botnet Uses Over 100 Distinct C2 Servers to Manage Infected Devices. A new variant of the Mirai malware is exploiting vulnerabilities in cameras and routers to infiltrate devices, download payloads and integrate them into an expanding botnet. Qualys tracked over 1,300 active internet protocol addresses linked to the Murdoc Botnet since its emergence in…
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ChatGPT API flaws could allow DDoS, prompt injection attacks
OpenAI-owned ChatGPT might have a vulnerability that could allow threat actors to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on unsuspecting targets. According to a discovery made by German security researcher Benjamin Flesch, the ChatGPT crawler, which OpenAI uses to collect data from the internet to improve ChatGPT, can be tricked into DDoSing arbitrary websites. “ChatGPT crawler…
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Ridding your network of NTLM
Tags: attack, authentication, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, email, encryption, exploit, group, hacker, ibm, Internet, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, ntlm, password, service, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsMicrosoft has hinted at a possible end to NTLM a few times, but with quite a few Windows 95 or 98 in use that do not support the alternative, Kerberos, it won’t be an easy job to do. There is the option to disable NTLM when using Azure Active Directory but that may not always…
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Private Internet Access VPN Review: How Good Is PIA VPN?
When it comes to privacy and security, PIA VPN is among the best. Discover its features, performance, pricing, and more with this in-depth review. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/private-internet-access-vpn-review/
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Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch flaws could be chained to achieve remote code execution
Critical flaws in WGS-804HPT switches could be chained to gain remote code execution on Planet Technology’s industrial devices. The Planet WGS-804HPT industrial switch is used in building and home automation networks to provide connectivity of Internet of things (IoT) devices, IP surveillance cameras, and wireless LAN network applications. This switch family is equipped with a…
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5 Things Government Agencies Need to Know About Zero Trust
Tags: access, application-security, attack, best-practice, business, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, gartner, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, jobs, monitoring, network, nist, risk, skills, strategy, technology, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustZero trust as a concept is simple to grasp. Implementing a zero trust architecture, on the other hand, is complex because it involves addressing a unique mix of process, procedure, technology and user education. Here are some considerations to keep in mind as you begin your journey. Draft guidance on implementing a zero trust architecture,…