Synology PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) has put out a warning that it has recently seen and received reports about…
Tag: ddos
Home routers are being hijacked using vulnerability disclosed just 2 days ago
The early bird catches the worm. Unless the worm was early enough to hide. On August 3, 2021 a vulnerability that…
Game over: Apex Legends players locked out by protest message
Messages placed directly in or around games is a common hack technique. It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or…
Another one bites the dust: Avaddon ransomware group shuts down operation
Are you seeing some pattern here? In what could be a called “shocking news” on Friday, BleepingComputer revealed that the gang…
Avaddon ransomware campaign prompts warnings from FBI, ACSC
Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued warnings about an ongoing…
Android devices caught in Matryosh botnet
Researchers at Netlab have discovered a new botnet that re-uses the Mirai framework to pull vulnerable Android devices into DDoS attacks….
Lock and Code S1Ep15: Safely using Google Chrome Extensions with Pieter Arntz
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet….
Europol: Ransomware remains top threat in IOCTA report
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report…
4 lessons to be learned from the DOE’s DDoS attack
Analysts, researchers, industry professionals, and pundits alike have all posited the dangers of the next-generation “smart grid,” particularly when it comes…
Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege
By Adam Thomas and Jérôme Segura, with additional contributions from Vasilios Hioueras and S!Ri Since at least late December 2018, many…