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152k cameras in 990Gbps record-breaking dual DDoS http://ift.tt/2d2Odlg The world’s largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack has been clocked from the same network of 152,463 compromised low-powered cameras and internet-of-things devices which punted a media outlet off the internet. Last days, we got lot of huge DDoS. Here, the list of “bigger that 100Gbps”…

As you read this, teen social site is leaking millions of plaintext passwords http://ift.tt/2cy0l7r A social hangout website for teenage girls has sprung a leak that’s exposing plaintext passwords protecting as many as 5.5 million user accounts. As this post went live, all attempts to get the leak plugged had failed. Operators of i-Dressup didn’t…

Kerberos Security Feature Bypass http://ift.tt/2cA53Vq Kerberos in Microsoft Windows suffers from a security feature bypass vulnerability. Vulnerabilities via Exploit Files ≈ Packet Storm http://ift.tt/1Fpvz7L September 23, 2016 at 08:37PM

Hosting Provider OVH Hit by 1 Tbps DDoS Attack http://ift.tt/2cVYQnh OVH, one of the world’s largest hosting companies, reported on Thursday that its systems were hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that reached nearly one terabit per second (Tbps). Octave Klaba, the founder and CTO of OVH, revealed on Twitter that the company detected a…

Akamai Kicks off Brian Krebs from its network after 665 Gbps DDoS attack http://ift.tt/2d9thbp A couple of days ago Brian Krebs’ blog suffered the largest DDoS attack in the history of Internet – Now, his website has been offline probably because the Akamai/Prolexic can’t bear the cost of such attacks anymore. The official website of…

Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works http://ift.tt/2doVw5n The OpenSSL Foundation has patched over a dozen vulnerabilities in its cryptographic code library, including a high severity bug that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library that provides encrypted Internet connections using Secure Sockets Layer…

The leak of NSA hacking tools was caused by a staffer mistake http://ift.tt/2d5eJIu A US investigation into the leak of the NSA hacking tools used by the Agency is focusing on a theory that it was caused by a staffer mistake. The hack of the NSA-linked group Equation Group and the leakage of the NSA hacking…

Malware Evades Detection with Novel Technique http://ift.tt/2dm7AE7 Researchers have found a new strain of document-based macro malware that evades discovery by lying dormant when it detects a security researcher’s test environment. The malware, according to researcher Caleb Fenton with security firm SentinelOne, evades detection simply by counting the number of documents – or the lack…

Education Now Suffers The Most Ransomware Attacks http://ift.tt/2d7YNCE Education Now Suffers The Most Ransomware Attacks New data shows ransomware rates worldwide doubling and tripling in past 12 months. When you think ransomware victim, most likely your first thought is a hospital. But a new survey of ransomware’s spread among different industry sectors shows that education…

RIG Picks Up Where Neutrino Left Off, Pushes CrypMIC Ransomware http://ift.tt/2d4dtXz When an exploit kit fades away, it usually doesn’t take long for another to take its place in the limelight, especially when the kit is an integral part of the ransomware ecosystem. That’s exactly what’s happened over the past few weeks as researchers say they’ve…