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Cloudflare Mitigates Massive 5.6 Tbps Mirai-Variant DDoS Attack

Cloudflare mitigates a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack, highlighting the growing threat of hyper-volumetric assaults. Learn about the…

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Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet

Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the attacks have leveraged the security flaw since June 2024. Additional details about the shortcomings have been withheld to prevent further abuse. Some

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. The activity originated

Mirai Botnet Spinoffs Unleash Global Wave of DDoS Attacks

Two separate campaigns are targeting flaws in various IoT devices globally, with the goal of compromising them and propagating malware worldwide.

New Mirai Variant Murdoc_Botnet Launches DDoS Attacks via IoT Exploits

This article explores the recent campaign of Murdoc_Botnet, a malware variant of Mirai targeting vulnerable AVTECH and Huawei…

Black Basta-Style Cyberattack Hits Inboxes with 1,165 Emails in 90 Minutes

A recent cyberattack, mimicking the tactics of the notorious Black Basta ransomware group, targeted one of SlashNext’s clients.…

Blockchain in cybersecurity: opportunities and challenges 

Cybersecurity is facing new challenges with advances in AI, cloud tech, and increasing cyber threats. Solutions like blockchain…

Malicious Kong Ingress Controller Image Found on DockerHub

A critical security breach in the software supply chain has been detected. An attacker accessed Kong’s DockerHub account…

Cloud Attackers Exploit Max-Critical Aviatrix RCE Flaw

The security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50603, which rates 10 out of 10 on the CVSS scale, enables unauthenticated remote code execution on affected systems, which cyberattackers are using to plant malware.

Hackers Breach Telefonica Network, Leak 2.3 GB of Data Online

Telefónica faces a data breach impacting its internal systems, linked to hackers using compromised credentials. Learn more about this alarming cyber threat.