Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2023

Researchers spotted a new botnet dubbed Dark Frost that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the gaming industry. Researchers from Akamai discovered a new botnet called Dark Frost that was employed in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Gbps through a UDP flood attack. We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Pro-Ukraine hackers are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

Cybersecurity researcher Dominic Alvieri published a notice sent to Entrust customers on July 6, which inform them that some files were taken from its internal systems. Entrust security incident dated June 18th. Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack. Tor leak site.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

A massive DDoS attack took down Finnish government websites while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs). StandWithUkraine [link] — MFA Finland (@Ulkoministerio) April 8, 2022. link] — Puolustusministeriö (@DefenceFinland) April 8, 2022. To nominate, please visit:?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. Source: Verizon DBIR [1] Patterns over time in cybersecurity data breaches. Keep reading below!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2023

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published its first cyber threat landscape report for the transport sector. A new report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) analyzes threats and incidents in the transport sector.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Cloudflare has mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.3 Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS), which is one of the largest HTTPS DDoS attacks blocked by the company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

A flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP), tracked as CVE-2023-29552, can allow to carry out powerful DDoS attacks. A high-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2023-29552, CVSS score: 8.6) impacting the Service Location Protocol ( SLP ) can be exploited by threat actors to conduct powerful volumetric DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of ongoing DDoS attacks targeting pro-Ukraine sites and the government web portal. The post Ongoing DDoS attacks from compromised sites hit Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the advisory of the Ukraine CERT-UA. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

PrivacyAffairs released the Dark Web Index 2022, the document provides the prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces. The document updates the information provided in the Dark Web Index 2022 report. The document updates the information provided in the Dark Web Index 2022 report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In February 2022, China-linked APT group APT10 (aka Stone Panda, Bronze Riverside) targeted Taiwan’s financial trading sector with a supply chain attack.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. Source: Verizon DBIR [1] Patterns over time in cybersecurity data breaches. Keep reading below!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Ukraine ‘s defense agencies and two state-owned banks were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Inform [link] ?? ?????

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Seeing many websites left vulnerable was unexpected, as attacks against universities have historically been very common, starting from DDoS attacks launched by students trying to cancel classes to full-blown ransomware attacks,” Cybernews researchers said. Researchers were able to confirm the entries were accurate.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

In Q&A format, they share about their professional journeys, unique experiences, and hopes for the future of cybersecurity—along with some personal anecdotes. He is the Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. In this installment, we introduce you to Randy Raw. Answer: Excited!

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Resecurity published report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity and risk management provider has released an eye-opening report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2023

The French Senate’s website was taken offline by a DDoS attack launched by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName is claiming responsibility for a DDoS attack that took the website of the French Senate offline. We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Cybersecurity experts discovered a new data wiper malware that was used in attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine. Researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

I’m proud to announce the release of the 10th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2022 (ETL) report , which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Pro-Russia hackers KillNet launched a massive DDoS attack against Europe’s air-traffic agency EUROCONTROL. The massive DDoS attack hit the website of the agency on April 19. In February, the group launched a series of DDoS attacks against the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Besides proprietary tools, they’re leveraging MHDDoS, Blood, Karma DDoS, Hasoki, DDoS Ripper and GoldenEye scripts to generate malicious traffic on Layer 7 which may impact the availability of WEB resources. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2022

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced that Lithuanian state institutions and companies are under a massive DDoS attack. Lithuanian state institutions and companies are under intense DDoS attack. pic.twitter.com/7onnYtceJi — Lithuanian MOD (@Lithuanian_MoD) June 27, 2022.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes?

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2023

A proof of concept (PoC) exploit code for this vulnerability was published on GitHub since December 2022. Most of the attacks observed by cybersecurity firm GreyNoise originated from the U.S. The CVE-2022-33891 flaw is a command injection vulnerability in the Apache Spark. and the Netherlands.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2022

The Pro-Russian volunteer movement known as LEGION is calling to launch DDoS attacks against the final of the Eurovision song contest. The LEGION is a Pro-Russian volunteer movement that focuses on DDOS attacks. Task #2: Task #2 make a DDOS attack on the discovered servers and keep them until 07:00 Moscow time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot , also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. also support backdoor capabilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Redigo is a new Go-based malware employed in attacks against Redis servers affected by the CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability. Researchers from security firm AquaSec discovered a new Go-based malware that is used in a campaign targeting Redis servers. In March 2022, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I’m proud to announce the release of the 11th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2023 (ETL) report , which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The vulnerability was first reported to ZDI during the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 event. Working exploits for LAN and WAN interface accesses were respectively reported by Team Viettel and Qrious Security. This can be used to launch a Valve Source Engine (VSE) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against game servers.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

Ukraine IT Army launched massive DDoS attacks on the EGAIS portal that has a crucial role in Russia’s alcohol distribution. ” reported Vedomosti “Apparently, we are talking about DDoS attacks.” At the time of writing this, the EGAIS portal is still unreachable.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In December, 2022, the Office of Information Security and Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued an extensive Analyst Note which identified BlackCat as a "relatively new but highly-capable" ransomware threat to health care providers. million in previous cybersecurity attacks against the healthcare sector.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. This release noted that DDoS “is only one of the many capabilities of the system.” . As of April 2022, 0day technologies has changed its domain from 0day[.]ru ru to 0day[.]llc.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns organizations to increase vigilance. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations and individuals to increase vigilance. One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Eternity group operates a homonymous malware-as-a-service (MaaS), it is linked to the Russian “Jester Group,” which is active since at least January 2022. According to Cyble, the operators behind the Eternity Project are also developing a DDoS Bot malware borrowing code from the existing Github repository.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Financial Company Geolocating a Traveler via OSINT techniques Telegram Hit by a DDoS Attack: What Is the Cause Behind It?

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