Collaborate Disseminate
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a widely used protocol with a decade-long history of flawed implementations across a wide range of consumer devices. In this paper, we will cover how these aws are still present on devices, how these vulnerabilities ar… Continue reading Universal Plug and Play (UPnP): What You Need to Know
Researching malware has many challenges. One of those challenges is obfuscated code and intentionally corrupted binaries. To address challenges like this, we’ve written a small tool in C that could fix intentionally corrupted binaries automatically. W… Continue reading UPX Packed Headaches
Update 08/24/2020 As mentioned below, the Akamai SIRT has been tracking attacks from the so-called Armada Collective and Fancy Bear actors, who are sending ransom letters to various industry verticals such as finance, travel, and e-commerce. In additio… Continue reading Ransom Demands Return: New DDoS Extortion Threats From Old Actors Targeting Finance and Retail
A group calling themselves “Cozy Bear” has been emailing various companies with an extortion letter, demanding payment and threatening targeted DDoS attacks if their demands are not met…. Continue reading Fake Cozy Bear Group Making DDoS Extortion Demands
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a widely used protocol with a decade-long history of flawed implementations across a wide range of consumer devices. In this paper, we will cover how these aws are still present on devices, how… Continue reading Universal Plug and Play (UPnP): What you need to know
Over the past week, memcached reflection attacks have taken the DDoS scene by storm. With several attacks hitting organizations across many industries, including a record breaking 1.3Tbps attack against an Akamai customer. Akamai has observed a new trend in extortion… Continue reading memcached, now with extortion!
Over the past week, memcached reflection attacks have taken the DDoS scene by storm. With several attacks hitting organizations across many industries, including a record breaking 1.3Tbps attack against an Akamai customer. Akamai has observed a new tre… Continue reading memcached, now with extortion!
At 17:28 GMT, February 28th, Akamai experienced a 1.3 Tbps DDoS attack against one of our customers, a software development company, driven by memcached reflection. This attack was the largest attack seen to date by Akamai, more than twice the… Continue reading Memcached-fueled 1.3 Tbps attacks
At 17:28 GMT, February 28th, Akamai experienced a 1.3 Tbps DDoS attack against one of our customers, a software development company, driven by memcached reflection. This attack was the largest attack seen to date by Akamai, more than twice the…
The p… Continue reading Memcached-fueled 1.3 Tbps attacks
Akamai is aware of a new DDoS reflection attack vector: UDP-based memcached traffic. Memcached is a tool meant to cache data and reduce strain on heavier data stores, like disk or databases. The protocol allows the server to be queried…
The post Memc… Continue reading Memcached UDP Reflection Attacks