Monthly Archives: July 2022

Cyber-mercenaries for hire represent shifting criminal business model

Emerging threat group offers a broad range of attack services An emerging and fast-growing threat group is using a unique business model to offer cybercriminals a broad range of services that span from leaked databases and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to hacking scripts and, in the future, potentially ransomware.…

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Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers

Can’t get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool Industrial engineers and operators are being lured into running backdoor malware disguised as tools for recovering access to work systems.…

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Neustar Security Services launches DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai

Neustar Security Services is launching a new regional DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai this October. With this expansion in the Middle East, Neustar Security Services fills a burgeoning demand for a local security presence that can ensure data sovereignty and low latency performance for customers in the region. The new Dubai node also underscores the company’s commitment to continuously invest in its Ultra Secure infrastructure, ensuring that Neustar Security Services maintains … More ? The post Neustar Security Services launches DDoS mitigation and application security data center in Dubai appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Meet Mantis, the tiny shrimp that launched 3,000 DDoS attacks

Watch out for deadly pinchers after that record-breaking attack The botnet behind the largest-ever HTTPS-based distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is now named after a tiny shrimp.…

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NETSCOUT launches AI solution to help customers block DDoS attacks

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS launched a new, innovative AI-based solution enabling its customers to automatically and instantaneously block a large proportion of DDoS attacks thus simplifying operations and minimizing risk to their businesses. The solution leverages NETSCOUT’s ATLASnetwork, an unmatched source of visibility into DDoS attack activity on the Internet. Multiple ATLAS datasets are analyzed, curated, and correlated using artificial intelligence. This automated intelligent pipeline is developed using NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) expertise … More ? The post NETSCOUT launches AI solution to help customers block DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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How to survive a SYN flood attack

G-Core Labs’ XDP-based DDoS protection platform filters bad traffic across a network of high capacity CDNs Sponsored Post   If you do any sort of business via the web, the damage caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack could be catastrophic for your bottom line.…

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How to spot your biggest security threat? Just look out for the humans

If you’re wondering why, here’s a primer Sponsored Post   How would you describe the biggest security threat to your organization? Perhaps you envision a faceless cybercrime syndicate or hostile state. Or a humming botnet, remorselessly probing your systems.…

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