3.3 Geographical Distribution 3.3.1 Behavior Seen According to geographical analysis of IP addresses, 2018 saw most new C&C servers in the USA (30.64%), closely followed by China (29.79%). Other top C&C hosting countries include Canada, Russia, Germany, France, and Italy.
Overview Microsoft released July 2019 security updates on Tuesday which fix 79 vulnerabilities ranging from simple spoofing attacks to remote code execution. Such security updates cover the following products: .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Azure, Azure DevOps, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Browsers, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Windows, […]
According to NSFOCUS 2018 DDoS Attack Trend Report, the gaming sector has become the second biggest victim of DDoS attacks, receiving 27.6% of the total number of attacks.
Overview On July 9, 2019, local time, Adobe officially released July’s security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities in its various products, including Adobe Bridge CC, Adobe Experience Manager, and Adobe Dreamweaver.
Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at July 07, 2019. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: The Suriname is in first place since last week. The Palestine is in the second place. The country […]
3.2 Family Activity 3.2.1 Behavior Seen In 2018, a total of 35 active families were found to issue more than 100 botnet instructions, accounting for 24% of all known families. Several families with the highest level of instruction activity accounted for most of the malicious activities throughout 2018.
Today, 5G is around the corner and, in the foreseeable future, it will definitely bring more convenience to our lives. Higher rates of mobile terminals, more devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), more convenient remote services… All these will lead us to a brand new era of the Internet of Everything (IoE). With […]
A BGP hijacking event happened again! Following the event that the traffic supposed to be destined for Europe was leaked to China Telecom (June 9, 2019), another BGP hijacking occurred yesterday (June 25, 2019). Since Verizon, by mistake, accepted network misconfigurations by a minor Internet Service Provider (ISP), multiple Internet systems have fallen into a […]
Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at June 30, 2019. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: First place changed from Laos to Suriname. The Palestine is in the second place. The country China (CN) has […]
This chapter discusses various aspects of botnet behavior. Behavioral characteristics include activity level of botnets overall and per botnet family, DDoS attack characteristics, C&C server use and distribution, and geographical locations of attack victims. Also discussed are characteristics of the most active botnet families themselves.