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The operators of a gaming server rental business are believed to have built an IoT DDoS botnet, which they are now offering as part of the server rental scheme. The prime and pretty obvious clue that ties this new IoT botnet — named JenX— with the gaming server rental service is the ...

Bleeping Computer

February 3, 2018 12:00 AM

Global SD-WAN provider Aryaka and cyber security services provider Radware are teaming up to implement Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack detection and mitigation for its global enterprise services.

RCR Wireless News

February 2, 2018 12:00 AM

Researchers discover a botnet, called JenX, linked to a hacking group that also hosts servers for Grand Theft Auto mods. Researchers from security company Radware have discovered a new botnet designed to advantage of weak internet-of-things devices spread around the world. The botnet, which Radware ...

CNET News

February 1, 2018 12:00 AM

JenX is building an army of routers that can be used in for-hire attacks. Organizers of a new botnet made up of infected home and small office routers are brazenly selling denial-of-service attacks of once unimaginable volumes for just $20 per target.

Ars Technica

February 1, 2018 12:00 AM

The percentage of companies reporting financially motivated cyber-attacks has doubled over the past two years, with 50% of surveyed companies experiencing a cyber-attack motivated by ransom in the past year.

Security Magazine

January 16, 2018 03:49 PM

The percentage of companies reporting financially motivated cyber-attacks has doubled over the past two years.

Info Security

January 16, 2018 03:26 PM

IT WASN’T HACKERS … THIS TIME — The false incoming missile alert that sent Hawaiians scrambling on Saturday for 38 dramatic minutes illustrates the psychological harm that hackers can wreak by going after the country’s emergency systems, which cybersecurity experts warn are ...

Politico

January 16, 2018 04:01 AM

Ransomware, leaked exploits, mobile hacks and more have made 2017 a year of unexpected threats and breaches of unprecedented magnitude. Since it began in March, Virtual Case Notes has been covering the events, issues and research that reflect an evolving world of highly motivated hackers and those ...

Forensic Magazine

January 15, 2018 12:00 AM