Tag: #cloudsecurity
Recently, several malicious campaigns have been observed leveraging Cloudflare WARP to exploit vulnerable internet-facing services. Cloudflare WARP, a VPN that optimizes user traffic through Cloudflare’s global backbone, provides attackers with increased anonymity and reduced suspicion due to its association with legitimate Cloudflare traffic. Utilizing a custom WireGuard implementation, WARP tunnels traffic to the nearest Cloudflare […]
In a recent security disclosure, cloud provider OVHcloud revealed that it successfully mitigated a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack reaching an unprecedented 840 million packets per second (Mpps) in April 2024. This eclipses the prior record of 809 Mpps set in 2020 as reported by Akamai. DDoS attacks aim to cripple a target system by overwhelming […]
F5 BIG-IP malware has emerged as a serious threat to network security, exploiting vulnerabilities in widely used network traffic management devices. A recent report by Sygnia, a cybersecurity firm, details a concerning campaign by the suspected Chinese hacking group “Velvet Ant” that leveraged F5 BIG-IP malware to gain persistent network access and steal sensitive data […]