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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credential stuffing

Credential stuffing is no DDoS!

I have heard this many times over the course of the last several years: someone is experiencing a heavy DDoS attack on their website. When I ask them what type of attack they are experiencing, the answer is usually that the bad guys are sending them thousands or even millions of POST requests. When I
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impetus DDOS applicationis

Impulsus strata applicationis DDoS, et quomodo possint minuendi

DDoS (distributus negatio ministerii) et DoS (negatio ministerii) impetus possunt late classificari in tres categorias secundum strata OSI exemplum quae petunt: stratum retis (Stratum 3), stratum translationis (Stratum 4), et stratum applicationis (Stratum 7). Stratum 3 et Stratum 4 impetus plerumque minus complexi sunt–quamquam possint…
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