DDoS Threats & Security Attacks: DDoS Reports & Cyber Security Threats

Radware Cloud Malware Protection Service has detected and blocked a new evasive zero-day malware: a new variant of the FormBook malware family.

March 7, 2018 02:00 PM

On February 27, 2018 several organizations began publicly disclosing a trend in UDP amplified attacks utilizing exposed Memcached servers. The Memcached protocol was never intended to be exposed to the Internet and thus did not have sufficient security controls. Because of this exposure, attackers are able to abuse Memcached UDP port 11211 for reflective, volumetric attacks.

March 1, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert

On February 5, 2018, an independent researcher disclosed a zero-day WordPress DoS vulnerability that allows application-level denial of service (AppDoS) attacks against websites using the WordPress platform. WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and powers over 29% of the Internet’s sites and blogs.

February 11, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Radware’s Threat Research has recently discovered a new botnet, dubbed DarkSky. DarkSky botnet features several evasion mechanisms, a malware downloader and a variety of network- and application-layer DDoS attack vectors. This bot is now available for sale for less than $20 over the Darknet.

February 7, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Radware’s Threat Research has recently discovered a new botnet, dubbed DarkSky. DarkSky botnet features several evasion mechanisms, a malware downloader and a variety of network- and application-layer DDoS attack vectors. This bot is now available for sale for less than $20 over the Darknet.

February 7, 2018 02:00 PM

Radware’s Emergency Response Team has been monitoring the emergence of a new botnet this week. The ADB.miner malware takes advantage of Android-based devices that expose debug capabilities to the Internet.

February 5, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert

A new botnet, dubbed JenX, has begun recruiting IoT devices. The botnet is being marketed over the Internet and offers up to 300Gbps attacks for as little as $20. It uses hosted servers to find and infect IoT devices leveraging one of two known vulnerabilities that have become popular in IoT botnets recently.

January 31, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert

As the 2018 Winter Olympics approaches, Radware ERT Threat Research team turns its attention to the crowds and the target rich environments created by high profile sporting events. With over one million tickets for sale, this event will bring large crowds that will demand connectivity and are expected to consume record-breaking volumes. This enormous demand for connectivity and technology will also pose a security risk for Olympic organizers, partners, sponsors, suppliers, service providers and attendees.

January 29, 2018 02:00 PM Threat Alert