CannibalRAT, a RAT entirely written in Python observed in targeted attacks

Haythem Elmir

The CannibalRAT RAT is being used in highly targeted attacks. the experts explained that even if it isn’t very sophisticated it exhibits signs of code cannibalisation from other open-source projects. “The RAT itself is not very sophisticated, and exhibits signs of code cannibalisation from other open-source projects, which contrasts with the command-and-control, using fast flux to […]

Github hit by 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack; the largest ever

Haythem Elmir

The online version control and code distribution platform Github has suffered a series of massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, causing service disruption by forcing its website Github.com to go offline. In the first phase of the attack, Github’s website suffered a shocking 1.35 terabits per second (Tbps) spike while […]