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

2 new vulnerabilities were recently found in Bash (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169).These vulnerabilities potentially affect certain services and applications and allow remote unauthenticated attackers to exploit this issue and use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions.

September 25, 2014 02:00 PM Threat Alert

The Brobot malware, also known as ‘itsoknoproblembro' and ‘kamikaze,’ is a general purpose PHP script infecting Content Management Systems (CMSs) using known vulnerabilities. During 2012 and 2013, infected networks were used to launch massive DDoS attacks against US-based banks. This attack, also known as Operation Ababil, was considered the biggest DDoS attack campaign ever.

July 13, 2014 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Due to the growing tension between Palestine and Israel that includes military actions in the sector of Gaza, several hacktivists groups have united in a cyber-attack campaign against Israel, named #OpSaveGaza.

July 10, 2014 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Recently it has been reported in the news that hacktivist group Anonymous intends to attack the 2014 FIFA World Cup including its partners and sponsors. The threat gained public attention after an interview with an Anonymous group spokesman, referring to himself as Che Commondore, provided select details about the planned operation.

June 5, 2014 06:00 PM Threat Alert

The current conflict between Ukraine and Russia following the Ukrainian revolution, the Crimean peninsula crisis, and the recent fighting in Slovyansk and Odessa, has the potential of military and political escalation. This conflict takes a global form following the involvement of the USA, Europe, NATO and other actors.

May 7, 2014 02:00 PM Threat Alert

A critical vulnerability was recently found in OpenSSL; Due to a missing bounds check in the handling of the TLS heartbeat extension, 64K of memory can be revealed to a connected client or server. Only OpenSSL versions 1.0.1-1.0.1f, 1.0.2-beta and 1.0.2- beta1 are affected.

April 26, 2014 02:00 PM Vulnerability

#OpIsrael is an organized set of attacks aimed at Israeli Web sites, which was officially first launched on 14 November, 2012 against the Israeli government, public institutions and other high profile Web sites.

April 6, 2014 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Network Time Protocol synchronizes computer clock times across the internet. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computers with millisecond accuracy. UTC time is obtained using accurate clocks, such as a GPS receiver that gets the time from satellites. NTP is a UDP-based service, using port 123.

January 19, 2014 01:00 PM Threat Alert