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Several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets have been observed exploiting a critical flaw in Zyxel devices that came to light in April 2023 to gain remote control of vulnerable systems. "Through the capture of exploit traffic, the attacker's IP address was identified, and it was determined that the attacks were occurring in multiple regions, including Central America, North America,

By Waqas The DDoS attacks have been observed in various regions, including Central America, North America, East Asia, and South Asia. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark.IoT & Custom Botnets Exploit Zyxel Flaw in DDoS Attacks

By Waqas According to Fortinet Labs, third parties have already purchased top-level domains (TLD) such as Joomla.zip and MSNBC.zip, which could potentially be a breach of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FortiGuard Labs Discovers .ZIP Domains Fueling Phishing Attacks

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By Waqas The developer behind the malicious app, Limestone Software Solutions, has also been banned from the Google Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Removes Swing VPN Android App Exposed as DDoS Botnet

By Waqas The telecommunications sector also faced a significant onslaught in Q2 2023, becoming the second most targeted industry with an 83% YoY increase in DDoS attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks Soar by 168% on Government Services, StormWall Warns

Cloud environments continue to be at the receiving end of an ongoing advanced attack campaign dubbed SCARLETEEL, with the threat actors now setting their sights on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Fargate. "Cloud environments are still their primary target, but the tools and techniques used have adapted to bypass new security measures, along with a more resilient and stealthy command and control

By Waqas Since early Monday morning, the AO3 website has been experiencing intermittent periods of going offline and coming back online. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Archive of Our Own Website Suffering Massive DDoS Attacks

By Habiba Rashid The dark net, the illegal drugs, and what's next. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Dark Net Markets Dominate the Global Illicit Drug Trade: Report

The economic damage of DDoS attacks is tough to measure — who can really say how much money Blizzard missed out on by not having players in “Diablo IV” for a few hours spending money on microtransactions or choosing to buy the game?