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New infosec products of the week: May 26, 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Axiado, Delinea, Netscout, Radware, and Veriff. Delinea Cloud Suite updates reduce the risk of lateral movement in cybersecurity breaches Delinea Cloud Suite updates include more granular support for just-in-time (JIT) and just-enough privilege access automation, and improved identity assurance through enforced human interaction when prompted for multi-factor authentication (MFA) at server log-in or privilege elevation. Radware Cloud Web DDoS Protection … More ? The post New infosec products of the week: May 26, 2023 appeared first on Help Net Security .

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NETSCOUT introduces visibility and instrumentation for threat detection in 4G and 5G networks

NETSCOUT has introduced Arbor Sightline Mobile and MobileStream to answer mobile network operators’ (MNO) need for scalable, real-time visibility, detection, and mitigation of threats that can impact the performance and availability of 4G/5G mobile consumer services and network infrastructure. NETSCOUT continues to expand its Visibility Without Borders platform by combining its mobile network telemetry capabilities with its DDoS protection technology to provide MNOs with a solution to identify and eliminate malicious traffic before it impacts … More ? The post NETSCOUT introduces visibility and instrumentation for threat detection in 4G and 5G networks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Radware Cloud Web DDoS Protection blocks Tsunami DDoS attacks

Radware has introduced a new Cloud Web DDoS Protection solution to minimize the growing gap between standard DDoS mitigation and an emerging generation of more aggressive, layer 7 (L7), HTTPS Flood attacks—also known as Web DDoS Tsunami attacks. Radware’s solution combats encrypted, high-volume, multi-vector threats that evade standard web application firewalls (WAF) and network-based DDoS tools, essentially rendering them ineffective. “The dramatic rise in Web DDoS Tsunami attacks poses an immediate cyber threat. Organizations worldwide … More ? The post Radware Cloud Web DDoS Protection blocks Tsunami DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

Russian IT guy sent to labor camp for DDoSing Kremlin websites

Pro-Ukraine techie gets hard time A Russian IT worker accused of participating in pro-Ukraine denial of service attacks against Russian government websites has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony and ordered to pay 800,000 rubles (about $10,000). …

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Europe: The DDoS battlefield

DDoS attacks appear to reflect major geo-political challenges and social tensions and have become an increasingly significant part in the hybrid warfare arsenal, according to Arelion. As the Ukrainian authorities sought a safe harbour for digital state registries and databases, Arelion saw the distribution of attacks move away from active conflict areas into global cloud centres – both as a result of damage to local network infrastructure, but also as local databases and applications were … More ? The post Europe: The DDoS battlefield appeared first on Help Net Security .

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FYI: Intel BootGuard OEM private keys leak from MSI cyber heist

Plus: Court-ordered domain seizures of DDoS-for-hire sites Intel is investigating reports that BootGuard private keys, used to protect PCs from hidden malware, were leaked when data belonging to Micro-Star International (MSI) was stolen and dumped online. …

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Mirai botnet loves exploiting your unpatched TP-Link routers, CISA warns

Oracle and Apache holes also on Uncle Sam’s list of big bad abused bugs The US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is adding three more flaws to its list of known-exploited vulnerabilities, including one involving TP-Link routers that is being targeted by the operators of the notorious Mirai botnet.…

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ThreatX strengthens API and application protection with Botnet Console and API Catalog 2.0

ThreatX announced the expansion of its platform offering with the release of a new Botnet Console and API catalog 2.0. These new dashboards, unveiled at RSA Conference 2023, will help security teams rapidly investigate automated threats and attempts to abuse APIs with enhanced metrics, analytics, and visualizations. Attackers use botnets and other advanced techniques to exploit APIs and applications and evade detection thanks in part to solver services that are sold on the dark web. … More ? The post ThreatX strengthens API and application protection with Botnet Console and API Catalog 2.0 appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Akamai Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall defends organizations against DDoS attacks

Akamai launched Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall, allowing customers to define and manage their own access control lists (ACLs) while enabling greater flexibility to secure their own network edge. Prolexic is Akamai’s cloud-based DDoS protection platform that stops attacks before they reach applications, data centers and internet-facing infrastructure. DDoS threats are on the rise again, a trend that is being accelerated by the growing number of businesses and organizations that rely on online services to operate. … More ? The post Akamai Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall defends organizations against DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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DDoS alert traffic reaches record-breaking level of 436 petabits in one day

With over one billion websites worldwide, HTTP/HTTPS application-layer attacks have increased by 487% since 2019, with the most significant surge in the second half of 2022, according to NETSCOUT. The dynamic nature of the DDoS threat landscape Much of the increase comes from the pro-Russian group Killnet and others that explicitly target websites. Attacks of this nature preceded the Ukraine invasion, knocking out critical financial, government, and media sites. “DDoS attacks threaten organizations worldwide and … More ? The post DDoS alert traffic reaches record-breaking level of 436 petabits in one day appeared first on Help Net Security .

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