Mobile WireX DDoS Botnet ‘Neutralized’ by Collaboration of Competitors

A large botnet of Android devices called WireX is responsible for large-scale application-layer DDoS attacks against businesses in the hospitality, porn and gambling industries.
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North Korea’s internet connections to China and India come under scrutiny

New analysis of recent North Korean internet traffic reveals that the reclusive regime is most likely carrying out its cyber-operations via the networks of other countries across Asia, Oceania and Africa. The report released Tuesday by threat intelligence firm Recorded Future finds fast-growing internet usage in North Korea that in many ways mirrors what people do online elsewhere: North Koreans go on social media, stream video, play video games and shop. But “a near absence of malicious cyber activity” from within North Korea itself supports the longstanding assumption that Pyongyang conducts cyber-operations from outside its own borders, researchers concluded. Another key piece of evidence that Recorded Future found in the data, which was collected by the nonprofit Internet security research group Team Cymru: above-average activity from North Korea’s internet to notable points in a handful of foreign countries, including China and India. The data was gathered from April 1 to July 6 on internet address blocks believed to be used by […]

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Computer Virus Cripples UK Hospital System

Citing a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system in the United Kingdom has canceled all planned operations and diverted major trauma cases to neighboring facilities. The incident came as U.K. leaders detailed a national cyber security strategy that promises billions in cybersecurity spending, new special police units to pursue organized online gangs, and the possibility of retaliation for major attacks. Continue reading Computer Virus Cripples UK Hospital System