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Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty

September 5, 2019 0 Comments author, booters, Botnet, Brian Krebs, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Denial of Service, Drake, Fbot, Gigabit Passive Optical Network, GoAhead, GPON, guilty, High Silicon DVRs, Huawei, IoT, Kenneth Currin Schuchman, Law & order, Masuta, mirai, Nexus Zeta, Nuclear Fallout, Okiru, ProxyPipe, Qbot, Remaiten, Routers, Satori, security threats, SWATting, Telemax, telnet, tsunami, Vamp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:44:37 +0000

He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GTqVr4bD8sE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Multiple HTTP/2 DoS flaws found by Netflix

August 19, 2019 0 Comments CVEs, Denial of Service, DOS, Flaw, http, HTTP/2, Netflix, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:58:14 +0000

Netflix has identified several denial of service (DoS) flaws in HTTP/2, a popular network protocol that underpins large parts of the web. Exploiting them could bring servers grinding to a halt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lnFwWgp85fY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police site DDoSer/bomb hoaxer caught after jeering on social media

August 16, 2019 0 Comments bomb threat, DDoS, Denial of Service, hoax calls, Law & order, Liam Reece Watts, Manchester Arena, mass murder, security threats, SYN flood, Synic, taunting police, terrorism

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:33:04 +0000

He called in hoaxes days after the Manchester Arena bombing, DDoSed police sites when they investigated him, then taunted them on Twitter.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nq0GnuKZhNw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Serious flaws in six printer brands discovered, fixed

August 15, 2019 0 Comments Brother, cross-site scripting, Denial of Service, flaws, hardware security, Kyocera, Lexmark, printer security, printers, remote code execution, Ricoh, security threats, vulnerability, Xerox

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:03:19 +0000

There are many ways to compromise company data, but IT teams often overlook one of the most serious: the humble printer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nskUwQnmN2Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says

July 29, 2019 0 Comments 2016 US presidential election, data loss, Denial of Service, election tampering, espionage, Government security, identity theft, Law & order, phishing, russia, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:57:11 +0000

The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn’t know what Moscow’s intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they’re still at it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UJz1p2vRAoU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>