FICORA and CAPSAICIN botnet activity Old D Link vulnerabilities exploited in global attacks

Surge in FICORA and CAPSAICIN botnet activity: Old D-Link vulnerabilities exploited in global attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have reported a surge in malicious activity involving the exploitation of old D-Link router vulnerabilities by two different botnets, FICORA and CAPSAICIN. These botnets spread through documented D-Link ...

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JAL Japan Airlines affected by a DDoS Cyberattack

Delays and cancellations as JAL suffers a DDoS attack

Japan Airlines, Japan’s flag carrier, recently fell victim to a cyber attack that led to the cancellation or delay of dozens of flights. The attack, which targeted the airline’s network ...

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Mirai botnet scans and exploits SSR devices for DDoS Juniper Networks warning

Juniper Networks alerts: Mirai botnet scans and exploits SSR devices for DDoS

​​Juniper Networks has issued a critical alert regarding a Mirai botnet that is actively scanning the internet for Session Smart routers (SSR) using default credentials.  The Mirai malware, notorious for ...

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FastNetMon Case Study Major American Insurance Corporation Minimising Network Intrusion Attempts

Case Study: Enhancing network security with country lockdown – a major American insurance corporation

Overview A leading North American insurance corporation, specialising in life insurance and a broad array of financial products and services, has implemented FastNetMon’s advanced country lockdown feature to enhance its ...

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New DDoS Malware cShell for Linux SSH Servers

New DDoS Malware cShell Targets Poorly Managed Linux SSH Servers

The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently discovered a new strain of DDoS malware, called cShell, that is specifically targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers. This malware exploits weak ...

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Security Update FastNetMon Responds to Netflow and sFlow Plugin Vulnerabilities

FastNetMon Addresses Critical Vulnerabilities in Netflow and sFlow Plugins

FastNetMon has successfully resolved two critical vulnerabilities in the Netflow and sFlow plugins of its product. The vulnerabilities were identified by an independent security researcher on December 12th 2024, and ...

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FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.370

FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.370

In our latest update, we’ve added several safety checks in our IPFIX and Netflow v9 code to prevent reading outside of our memory region and potential division by zero. We’ve ...

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27 DDoS For Hire platforms ceased in a major police operation against cybercrime

27 DDoS-for-hire platforms shut down

Major breakthrough from Operation PowerOFF In a sweeping international effort, law enforcement agencies from 15 countries have successfully dismantled 27 DDoS-for-hire services, commonly referred to as “booters” or “stressers.” These ...

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Several Danish Municipality website attacked by pro Russian hackers

Danish Municipality Websites Down with a DDoS attack

Several Danish municipalities recently fell victim to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, disrupting the websites of cities including Vejle, Albertslund, Dragør, Esbjerg, Frederiksberg, and Frederikshavn. The director of the ...

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BGP Blackhole automation for DDoS defense

BGP Blackhole Automation for DDoS mitigation

Introduction to BGP Blackhole and automating it for DDoS defense In this article, we will discuss how the routing infrastructure, more specifically the BGP routing technique called “blackholing”, can provide ...

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