eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Mention the acronym DDoS to a web admin and they’ll likely break out in a cold sweat. DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks, are some of the most malicious and difficult-to-stop network attacks that can be launched against a website or any other DDoS-susceptible service, such as a SaaS platform.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Aqua said it gathered data from public repositories that contain code and tools for targeting cyber-aggression on both sides of the conflict. Network and media organizations were attacked most often, Aqua said. brooke.crothers. UTM Medium.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 1, 2022

Interestingly, many of the ISPs that offer web services across France and Germany were also affected with the outages and PaxEX Aero suspects that 3 out of six outages could have been caused by a cyber attack such as DDoS launched by adversary nations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

. “Last month’s power outage in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was possibly the result of a sophisticated sabotage attempt involving foreign entities, a probe carried out by the state police’s cyber cell has revealed.” The media outlet revealed that cyber police have found evidence suggesting this assumption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2022

According to the details available to the media, the youngster was just fifteen when he conspired and cyber-attacked servers and websites related to banks and other institutions between Dec’17 to Oct’18.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders. The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. The post New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The Belgian interior ministry was targeted by a “sophisticated” cyber attack, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Belgian interior ministry was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber-espionage attack, the news was confirmed by a spokesman to RTBF public television on Tuesday.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service attacks. Sandman behind the attacks. SecurityAffairs – Sandman , DDoS).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2020

Revista Factum was under prolonged cyber attacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The intense cyber attacks in October last year, cost the news site almost a week’s downtime. The attacks were part of a wider campaign to discredit the media. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ukraine Nuclear Plant was targeted by a DDoS cyber attack launched by a group of cyber hackers. And details are in that the digital assault was launched by the Kremlin-funded ‘People’s Cyber Army’. The post Russia launched DDoS attack on Ukraine Nuclear Plant appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry announced that the cyber attack against its systems, allegedly carried by a state actor has ended. This week, the Austrian foreign ministry announced that the cyber attack against its systems has ended. Major cyber ??attacks Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Anonymous and numerous hacker groups linked to the popular collective continue to launch cyber attacks against Russian and Belarussian government organizations and private businesses. However, a cyber attack announced today by the Anonymous-linked group Network Battalion 65 could have serious consequences.

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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. The authorities believe that the attacks will continue in the coming days, and will be aimed at organizations in the transport, energy and financial sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

However, just within hours of its announcement, the Putin led nation seems to have launched a hybrid war in the form of cyber attacks on Ukraine as most of the websites, including banks and defense ministry, were down because of a sophisticated digital attack.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war on the battlefield has been accompanied by cyber attacks. Those attacks against critical infrastructure have knocked out banking and defense platforms, mostly by targeting several communication systems. Communications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been a constant target of cyber attacks conducted by pro-Russian hackers , Poland’s security agency warns. The attacks aimed at almost any entity in Poland, including government services, private organizations, media outlets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The Anonymous collective and the volunteer group Ukraine IT Army continues to launch cyber attacks on Russian entities. The Anonymous collective continues its cyber war on Russian businesses and government organizations. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

Non-state actors include multinational corporations, collectives of hacktivists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), cybercrime syndicates, private military organizations, media outlets, terrorist groups, labor unions, organized ethnic groups, lobby groups, criminal organizations, private businesses, and others.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Healthcare Company UHS a Victim of Major Cyber Attack. Fortune 500 healthcare provider Universal Health Services (UHS) appears to be the victim of a major ransomware attack. #3. And was it a DDoS Attack? Was it a DDoS attack against the United States? What Happened Yesterday with T-Mobile?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

Demonstration in front of the National CERT of Philippines for failing to act on cyber attacks targeting regime critical media and civil society organizations. Since the attacks only target regime critical sources, they are likely to be politically motivated and perhaps even state supported.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The gang explained that one of its partners attacked SickKids violating its rules, for this reason, it blocked the affiliate. Affiliates of the Lockbit gang have also hit other healthcare organizations in the past, in early December 2022, the Hospital Centre of Versailles was hit by a cyber attack that was attributed to the group.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

issued a market bulletin dated August 16, 2022 setting out new rules for standalone cyber-attack policies that would exclude coverage for damages from state-sponsored attacks. Does the attack come from government actors or is it simply criminal syndicates seeking cash? Lloyds of London Ltd. Related Posts.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While the impact of these destructive cyber-attacks paled in comparison to the effects of the kinetic attacks taking place at the same time, it should be noted that this capability could in theory be directed against any country outside of the context of an armed conflict and under the pretense of traditional cybercrime activity.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2022

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Anonymous has declared war on Russia and launched multiple cyber-attacks against Russian entities, including Russian government sites , state-run media websites , and energy firms.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members. “The Anonymous collective is officially in” cyber war “against the Russian government.” We are Anonymous. We are a legion. Wait for us.”

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Akamai cited group chats on Discord – a social media app largely geared towards gamers – dedicated to SQL injection, cross-site scripting and other attack methods, though it doesn’t specify if those discussions focused on attacking game companies themselves. The post Attacks against game companies are up.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

The research aims to raise awareness and visibility of how cyber attackers are targeting the black community, as well as offer practical recommendations to help African Americans combat the threats they face as a result of systemic racism. DDoS attacks are an issue. Cyberattacks increase after major racial incidents.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

In the modern age, nation states are expanding the battlefield with targeted cyber attacks on their adversaries. Why cyber attacks?” DDoS attacks are meant to cause major disruption to an adversary nation and wreak havoc in a number of ways. Category Awareness, Case Study, Vulnerability. Risk Level.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“We are absolutely committed to ensuring UK academia is as safe as possible from cyber threats, and will not hesitate to act when that threat evolves.”. This summer the NCSC investigated an increased number of cyber attacks on universities, schools, and colleges, most of them were hit with ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry was the victim of a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by a foreign state due to its level of sophistication. ” Media pointed out that the attack took place on the same day Austria’s Green party backed forming a coalition with conservatives. Major cyber ??attacks

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Erin: What are some of the biggest cyber threats that businesses face today? Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1, 2, 3, 4 ) DDoS Also prior to the start of the war, Ukrainian organizations were targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, taking down key infrastructure in the lead-up to the war. ( The video was quickly proven to be a fake and was removed from social media sites. (

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Fraudulent social media pages Talking about intangible assets, social media pages have become a central pillar for every organization’s communication strategy in the past ten years. Every day, millions of internet users visit their favorite social media pages to stay abreast of new releases, offers, and timely information.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Sometimes when you are down in the cyber attack trees defending your organization, it can be tough to see the cyber threat forest. And now we have brand new research coming from the EU which unpacks the top cyber threats as they stand now. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Identity Theft.

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks: In a DDoS attack, the assailants band together to take a site down by targeting and disrupting its offered services. Educating your customers on their risk of attack and how to protect against potential threats can be very effective in overcoming this objection.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

And yet our pervasive deployment of IoT systems has also vastly expanded the cyber attack surface of business networks, especially in just the past few years. Mirai ultimately was used to carry out massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This is a sign of IoT attacks to come.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

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