Linux bots account for 95 percent of DDoS attacks as attackers turn to the past

Cybercriminals are delving into the past to launch attacks based on some very old vulnerabilities according to the latest report from Kaspersky Lab, and they're using Linux to do it. In the second quarter of 2018, experts have reported DDoS attacks involving a vulnerability in the Universal Plug-and-Play protocol known since 2001. Also, the Kaspersky DDoS Protection team observed an attack organized using a vulnerability in the CHARGEN protocol that was described as far back as 1983. Despite the considerable length of service and the protocol's limited scope, many open CHARGEN servers can be found on the internet for things… [Continue Reading]