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A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet – that’s actively targeting vulnerable D-Link and Internet of Things devices – is the first variant of the malware to rely on Tor communications, researchers say.
Researchers have discovered what they say is the first variant of the Gafgyt botnet family to cloak its activity using the Tor network.
Gafgyt, a botnet that was uncovered in 2014, has become infamous for launching large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Researchers first discovered activity from the newest variant, which they call Gafgyt tor, on Feb. 15.
In order to evade detection, Gafgyt tor uses Tor to hide its command-and-control (C2) communications, and encrypts sensitive strings in the samples. The use of Tor by malware families is nothing new; however, researchers said they haven’t seen Gafgyt leveraging the anonymity network until now.
Citrix warns of active DDoS attack targeting its Application Delivery Controllers
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Citrix Systems Inc. has issued a threat advisory over a distributed denial-of-service attack that’s actively targeting Citrix Application Delivery Controllers.
The campaign involves overwhelming the Citrix ADB Datagram Transport Layer Security network throughput to cause outbound bandwidth exhaustion that can result in potential outages. The effect of the attack is said to be more prominent on connections with limited bandwidth.
The exact number of users affected was not disclosed in the Wednesday advisory. Citrix said only that the scope of the attack at this time is limited to a small number of customers around the world and that there are Citrix vulnerabilities associated with the event. ZDNet reported today that the attacks have mostly included online gaming services such as Steam and Xbox, with the attacks first detected last week.