Authorities disrupt world’s largest IoT DDoS botnets responsible for record breaking attacks targeting victims worldwide

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Justice Department participated in a court-authorized law enforcement operation today to disrupt Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad Internet of Things (IoT) botnets. The operation was conducted simultaneously Read More …

Europol: Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks

Law enforcement agencies worldwide have disrupted a holiday tradition for cybercriminals: launching Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to take websites offline. As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as PowerOFF, authorities have seized 27 of the most popular platforms used Read More …

Attackers Are Taking Advantage of the Open-Source Service Interactsh for Malicious Purposes

Recently, Unit 42 has observed active exploits related to an open-source service called Interactsh. This tool can generate specific domain names to help its users test whether an exploit is successful. It can be used by researchers – but also Read More …