Original release date: October 13, 2015
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows
Overview
Dridex, a peer-to-peer (P2P) bank credential-stealing malware, uses a decentralized network infrastructure of compromised personal computers and web servers to execute command-and-control (C2). The United...
In this video, Nazim Lala demonstrates how to configure IP restriction for Azure Web Apps to help secure your web app and to help mitigate Denial of Service attacks against your application. This video will show what Static and Dynamic IP restrictions are and how simple it is to configure them...
Original release date: January 17, 2014 | Last revised: March 07, 2014
Systems Affected
Certain UDP protocols have been identified as potential attack vectors:
DNS
NTP
SNMPv2
NetBIOS
SSDP
CharGEN
QOTD
BitTorrent
Kad
Quake Network Protocol
Steam Protocol
Overview
A Distributed Reflective...
Original release date: January 13, 2014 | Last revised: February 05, 2014
Systems Affected
NTP servers
Overview
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification attack is an emerging form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible NTP servers to...
Original release date: June 02, 2014
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2012
Overview
GameOver Zeus (GOZ), a peer-to-peer (P2P) variant of the Zeus family of bank credential-stealing malware...
Original release date: January 17, 2014 | Last revised: February 09, 2014
Systems Affected
Certain UDP protocols have been identified as potential attack vectors:
DNS
NTP
SNMPv2
NetBIOS
SSDP
CharGEN
QOTD
BitTorrent
Kad
Quake Network Protocol
Steam Protocol
Overview
A Distributed...
Original release date: January 13, 2014 | Last revised: January 14, 2014
Systems Affected
NTP servers
Overview
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification attack is an emerging form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible NTP servers to...
Original release date: March 29, 2013
Systems Affected
Domain Name System (DNS) servers
Overview A Domain Name Server (DNS) Amplification attack is a popular form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible open recursive DNS servers to...
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Tonight, we implemented CloudFlare, which uses its own content delivery network and content processing. Were the site to go down, content would continue to be available for a number of days, even if our servers that process that data goes down. This is not the first time that we...
Original release date: January 24, 2013 | Last revised: February 06, 2013
Systems Affected
Web-based Content Management Systems, specifically Joomla! installations.
Overview This Alert was developed as a collaborative effort between Public Safety Canada and the U.S. Link...
Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET have uncovered a simple tool automating the creation of botnets that can be controlled from Twitter. The botnet clients can be commanded to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks or install additional malware on the compromised...
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US Navy Admiral Robert Willard appeared appeared before the US Armed Services Committee last Thursday. He Said, "US military networks and computer systems continue to be the target of intrusions that appear to have originated from within the People's Republic Of China. Most of...
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