So why would you handle them on your own? Sponsored Feature Ransomware may currently be the biggest bogeyman for cybersecurity pros, law enforcement, and governments, but it shouldn’t divert us from more traditional, but still very disruptive threats.…
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DDoS DNS attacks are old-school, unsophisticated … and they’re back
Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed Devices used in critical infrastructure are riddled with vulnerabilities that can cause denial of service, allow configuration manipulation, and achieve remote code execution, according to security researchers.…
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Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it’s certified
While massive public data breaches rightfully raise alarms, the spike in malware designed to exfiltrate data directly from devices and browsers is a key contributor to continued user exposure, according to SpyCloud. The 2023 report identified over 22 million unique devices infected by malware last year. Of the 721.5 million exposed credentials recovered by SpyCloud, roughly 50% came from botnets, tools commonly used to deploy highly accurate information-stealing malware. These infostealers enable cybercriminals to work … More ? The post Exfiltration malware takes center stage in cybersecurity concerns appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause Emotet is back. After another months-long lull since a spate of attacks in November 2022, the notorious malware operation that has already survived a law enforcement takedown and various periods of inactivity began sending out malicious emails on Tuesday morning.…
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Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing
Not that we’re urging them to try harder or anything A series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down nine Danish hospitals’ websites for a few hours on Sunday, but did not have any life-threatening impact on the medical centers’ operations or digital infrastructure.…
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Russian hacktivists DDoS hospitals, with pathetic results
The war in Ukraine has seen the emergence of new forms of cyberattacks, and hacktivists became savvier and more emboldened to deface sites, leak information and execute DDoS attacks, according to Trellix. “Q4 saw malicious actors push the limits of attack vectors,” said John Fokker, Head of Threat Intelligence, Trellix Advanced Research Center. “Grey zone conflict and hacktivism have both led to an increase in cyber as statecraft as well as a rise in activity … More ? The post Malicious actors push the limits of attack vectors appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Malicious actors push the limits of attack vectors
Edgio has enhanced its Security platform enabling enterprises to better detect and respond to emerging threats while ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of their data and applications. These new capabilities are aimed at reducing the damage caused by the increase in severity of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and other sophisticated application attacks. The new DDoS scrubbing solution provides dedicated DDoS mitigation capacity that protects all protocols and direct-to-origin attacks and complements Edgio’s 250+ Tbps … More ? The post Edgio enhances its Security platform with DDoS scrubbing and WAAP capabilities appeared first on Help Net Security .
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Edgio enhances its Security platform with DDoS scrubbing and WAAP capabilities
In other words, script kiddies up to shenanigans again A series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down seven German airports’ websites on Thursday, a day after a major IT glitch at Lufthansa grounded flights.…
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‘Russian hacktivists’ brag of flooding German airport sites
In other words, script kiddies up to shenanigans again A series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down seven German airports’ websites on Thursday, a day after a major IT glitch at Lufthansa grounded flights.…
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‘Russian hacktivists’ claim responsibility for DDoSing German airport websites
And growing abuse of cloud – because using hijacked Brazilian cable modems to down sites is so 2013 Dozens of companies over the weekend were hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, including the largest one yet recorded, or so Cloudflare says.…
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Record-breaking number of record-breaking DDoS attacks confirmed