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Beware the Cyber Ghouls: Spooky Threats Lurking in Digital Shadows

SecureWorld News

These botnets, networks of compromised devices, can perform attacks without the user realizing it, overwhelming networks, spreading spam, and even launching DDoS attacks. Surviving the cyber fright fest Just like protecting yourself from the monsters of Halloween, defending against cyber threats requires a combination of awareness and action.

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DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

SecureList

In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. Still, such attacks by year’s end were serious enough for the FBI to flag them in its December advisory as a major threat to teaching facilities. In early October, a DDoS attack was reported by the PUBG Mobile team. Quarter and year trends.

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Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest

CyberSecurity Insiders

Eurovision Song Contest has experienced multiple numbers of cyber threats from Russian Federation and the reason is that Ukraine had fair enough of chances to win the competition through Kalush Orchestra. The post Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Ukraine Alerts Energy Enterprises to Possible Cyberattack Escalation

Security Boulevard

1) The release also cites possible “DDoS attacks” on Ukraine’s allies, Poland, and unnamed Baltic nations. Attacks on water utilities, city police departments, hospitals, and industrial infrastructure show how widespread the threat is. ( Further specifics are not mentioned. Some cyberattacks are aimed at disruption and data theft.

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Threat Hunt: KillNet’s DDoS HEAD Flood Attacks – cc.py

CyberSecurity Insiders

Killnet has been linked to several high-profile attacks, including the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the U.S. The group has also been implicated in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against U.S. DDoS HTTP HEAD Flood”; content:”HEAD”; depth:4; content:” /?”;

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Mandiant identifies 3 hacktivist groups working in support of Russia

Security Affairs

The so-called hacktivist groups conducted distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and defacement attacks against Ukrainian websites, but the experts believe that they are a front for information operations and destructive cyber activities coordinated by the Kremlin. ” Mandiant concludes.

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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

However, closer inspection reveals how cryptojacking morphed out of the ransomware plague of 2015 and 2016. I arrived at these conclusions after a riveting discussion with Juniper Networks ’ cybersecurity strategist Nick Bilogorskiy, one of the top analysts tracking emerging cyber threats.