Powerhouse VPN products can be abused for large-scale DDoS attacks
Botnet operators are abusing VPN servers from VPN provider Powerhouse Management as a way to bounce and amplify junk traffic part of DDoS attacks....
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UK Cryptocurrency Exchange EXMO Suffers a ‘Massive’ DDoS Assault – E Hacking News
Cryptocurrency exchange EXMO, a British company was targeted in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. As a precautionary measure company has shut down its...
Plex Media Servers Actively Abused To Amplify DDoS Attacks – E Hacking News
Research workers with NetScout’s Atlas Security Engineering and Response Team have warned against the threat actors campaign, they said that attackers are exploiting server...
Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. “Plex’s...
Plex Media Server Abused for DDoS Attacks
Malicious actors have been abusing Plex Media Server to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to application and network performance management company Netscout. A...
Plex Media servers are being abused for DDoS attacks
Image: Citrix DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify distributed denial of service (DDoS)...
New Matryosh DDoS Botnet Targeting Android-Based Devices
A nascent malware campaign has been spotted co-opting Android devices into a botnet with the primary purpose of carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks....
DDoS Attacks increase by 154% in 2020 states Neustar – E Hacking News
DDoS- Distributed Denial of Service is a cyber attack on a specific server or network. It attempts to disrupt the normal functioning of...
DDoS attacks: Big rise in threats to overload business networks
Cyber attacks where criminals threaten to overload a target’s network with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks unless they’re paid off have more than...
DDoS Campaign Exposed by the Security Firm Radware – E Hacking News
Security firm Radware uncovered the threat actors’ campaign named ‘distributed denial-of-service’ (DDoS). This campaign was launched to target the same set of victims...