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NTP Protocol Abused in DDOS Attacks on Gaming Servers

09

Jan

2014

In December 2013, Symantec warned that cybercriminals were increasingly abusing the Network Time Protocol (NTP) for distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks. Experts say that this type of attack was also used to disrupt popular online gaming services in the first days of 2014. The list of targeted games includes World…

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Symantec Reports Uptick PHP Inclusion Attacks

08

Jan

2014

Researchers at Symantec say they have noticed an uptick of PHP code inclusion attacks leveraging a two-year-old vulnerability. The attacks have targeted the company’s managed security services customers during the past three weeks, and have been leveraging CVE-2012-1823 to infect Internet-facing web servers. Only Linux webservers running out-of-date versions of PHP are vulnerable. As of […]

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Browlock Cybercriminals Use Malvertising to Lure Victims to Malicious Site

18

Dec

2013

Security researchers from Symantec say the Browlock ransomware leverages malvertising in order to attract users to a malicious website. Earlier this year, researchers uncovered an interesting piece of browser-based ransomware. The threat, dubbed Browlock, doesnt encrypt files and it doesnrsqu…

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