Recommendations on Protection Against Random Subdomain Attacks

July 2, 2021 | Jie Ji

What is a Random Subdomain Attack? A Random subdomain attack is also known as a pseudo-random subdomain (PRSD) attack due to the use of pseudo-random algorithms. A PRSD attack is an approach of double attack against both DNS caching servers of Internet service providers (ISPs) and local authoritative servers of customers. During such an attack, […]

“Netfilter” malicious driver bypasses Microsoft’s signature system

June 30, 2021 | Jie Ji

In June 2021, German computer security solutions software company G Data Software detected a malicious driver named “Netfilter”. Unexpectedly, the malicious driver bypassed and obtained Microsoft’s file signature. When Microsoft learned about it, it immediately added the signature of the malware to the security center of the Windows system for protection, and conducted an internal […]

2020 DDoS Attack Landscape Report – 3

June 23, 2021 | Jie Ji

Key Findings – 4 DDoS Protection Techniques Need to Continue to Evolve with Emergence of New Attack Vectors NXNSAttack, a new vulnerability in DNS, can be exploited to launch massive DDoS attacks In May 2020, Israeli researchers reported a new DNS server vulnerability and dubbed it NXNSAttack. This vulnerability exists in DNS’s recursive resolution process. […]

Why only have the Gi-FW and GTP inspection isn’t enough for 5G security?

June 18, 2021 | Jie Ji

Written By: Bruno CarvalhoSystem Engineer UK & Western Europe Firstly, to become this information clearer is interesting to answer the question…What is GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP)? GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) is a 2.5G technology that provides interconnection between various network interfaces, enabling mobile users to roam seamlessly between networks of different generations. The GTP protocol […]

Microsoft’s June 2021 Security Updates Fix Multiple Products’ High-Risk Vulnerabilities

June 16, 2021 | Jie Ji

Overview According to NSFOCUS CERT’s monitoring, Microsoft released June 2021 Security Updates on June 9 to fix 50 vulnerabilities, including high-risk remote code execution and privilege escalation, in widely used products like Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge, Visual Studio, and SharePoint Server. In the vulnerabilities fixed by this month’s security updates, there are five critical […]

NSFOCUS Protected an IDC Customer Against Volumetric Mixed DDoS Attacks

June 11, 2021 | Jie Ji

ABOUT CUSTOMER Based in APAC, company A provides comprehensive IDC services for the world’s top 500 as well as many small and medium enterprises. Other than server rental and hosting, company A also cooperates with NSFOCUS to provide server rental service with advanced protection against DDoS attacks. The investment in DDoS protection not only protects […]

Microsoft’s May 2021 Security Updates Fix Multiple Products’ High-Risk Vulnerabilities

June 7, 2021 | Jie Ji

Overview On May 12, 2021, Microsoft released May 2021 Security Updates to fix 55 vulnerabilities, including high-risk remote code execution and privilege escalation, in widely used products like Microsoft Windows, Office, Exchange Server, Visual Studio Code, and Internet Explorer. In the vulnerabilities fixed by this month’s security updates, there are four critical vulnerabilities and 50 […]

VMware VCenter Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21985) Threat Alert

June 4, 2021 | Jie Ji

Vulnerability Description On May 26, NSFOCUS CERT discovered that VMware released a security advisory that announces mitigation of the VMware vCenter Server remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-21985) and vCenter Server plug-in authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-21986). The Virtual SAN Check plug-in in vCenter Server lacks input validation, allowing attackers who have accessed vSphere Client (HTML5) through […]

Speech by Wenmao Liu of NSFOCUS: Research on New Vectors of UDP-based DDoS Amplification Attacks of IoT

June 2, 2021 | Jie Ji

As the world’s largest cybersecurity industry conference, the RSA Conference held its 30th annual event in 2021. It has been a driving force behind sharing, innovation, and progress in the global cybersecurity community. NSFOCUS stood out at the RSA Conference 2021 by making a debut on the conference speech podium as a Chinese security vendor. […]

2020 DDoS Attack Landscape Report – 2

May 31, 2021 | Jie Ji

Key Findings – 2 The Bandwidth of DDoS attacks in 5G Environments Grew Steadily. Small and Medium-sized Attacks Overtook Small Attacks to Become the Mainstream Over the five-year period from 2016 to 2020, the average peak size of DDoS attacks rose to a new level since the latter half of 2018 despite obvious fluctuations. Of […]

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