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Akamai Shield NS53 protects on-prem and hybrid DNS infrastructure

Akamai launched Akamai Shield NS53, a product that protects on-premises (on-prem) Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure from resource exhaustion attacks. These attacks overwhelm servers to the point that they can no longer respond to valid DNS queries. The new offering complements Akamai Edge DNS, which is a comprehensive cloud-based DNS solution, and Akamai Prolexic, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection platform for Layer 3 and Layer 4 attacks. Over the past three years, there has been … More ? The post Akamai Shield NS53 protects on-prem and hybrid DNS infrastructure appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Old-school hacktivism is back because it never went away

Mysterious Team Bangladesh has carried out 846 attacks since June 2022, mostly DDoS Hacktivism may have dropped off of organization radars over the past few years, but it is now very visibly coming from what is believed to be Bangladesh, thanks to a group tracked by cybersecurity firm Group-IB.…

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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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Plane-tracking site Flight Radar 24 DDoSed… just as drones spotted buzzing over Azerbaijan and Armenia

That’s one way of poking the world’s eyes out for a few hours Popular plane-tracking website Flight Radar 24 has been the victim of multiple DDoS attacks over the past few days – and though the site’s operators haven’t attributed blame, some have wondered if a regional conflict may have been the cause.…

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100+ DDoS events over 100GB/sec reported this year

Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure. The data shows an unparalleled number of volumetric attacks in the first half of 2014 with over…