Category: Web Attacks

WaterHole attack

Watering hole attacks: how APT and cyber criminals infiltrate secure infrastructures

My first encounter with the world of cyber-criminals occurred through a watering hole attack campaign many years ago. I visited a Persian website and discovered that it was downloading malware onto visitors’ browsers. I promptly contacted the site administrator, who informed me that they had no technical knowledge of the issue. It became apparent that…
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credintial stuffing

Credential stuffing is no DDoS!

Ik haw dit faak heard oer de rin fan de lêste pear jier: ien ûnderfynt in swiere DDoS-oanfal op har webside. As ik har freegje hokker soarte oanfal se ûnderfine, is it antwurd faak dat de skealike minsken harren tûzenen of sels miljoenen POST-oanfragen stjoere. As ik…
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applikaasje DDoS-aanfallen

Application layer DDoS attacks, and how they can be mitigated

DDoS (ferdield denial of service) en DoS (denial of service) oanfallen kinne breed klassearre wurde yn trije kategoryen basearre op 'e lagen fan it OSI-model dy't se rjochtsje: netwurk-laach (Laach 3), transport-laach (Laach 4), en applikaasjelaach (Laach 7). Laach 3 and Layer 4 oanfallen binne typysk minder kompleks–hoewol't se dat kinnen…
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