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Microsoft Fights Off Another Record DDoS Attack as Incidents Soar

eSecurity Planet

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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Global outbreak of Log4Shell

CyberSecurity Insiders

Log4Shell is a high severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) impacting Apache Log4j versions 2.0 It was discovered by Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba Cloud Security Team and disclosed via the project´s GitHub repository on December 9, 2021. in early December 2021. DDoS family Elknot. rmi|dns):/[^n]+' /var/log.

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DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

SecureList

The DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) protocol is used to establish secure connections over UDP, through which most DNS queries, as well as audio and video traffic, are sent. In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. In early October, a DDoS attack was reported by the PUBG Mobile team.

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Network Footprints of Gamaredon Group

Cisco Security

Threat actors picking sides [1], group members turning against each other [2], some people handing out DDoS tools [3], some people blending in to turn it into profit [4], and many other stories, proving that this new frontier is changing daily, and its direct impact is not limited to geographical boundaries. 08/2020, 05/2021-02/2022.

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5 technologies that help prevent cyberattacks for SMBs 

Malwarebytes

From industry tips and best practices to the latest Malwarebytes product releases and how-tos, our Business newsletter is chock-full of the best of our business blog. In fact, there were 50% more attack attempts per week on corporate networks globally in 2021 than in 2020. DNS filtering. Cloud scanning.

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APT trends report Q1 2022

SecureList

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. We also identified two samples developed in December 2021 containing test strings and preceding revisions of the ransom note observed in Microsoft’s shared samples.

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A week in security (April 12 – 18)

Malwarebytes

We announced the release of the Malwarebytes SMB Cybersecurity Trust & Confidence Report 2021 , a first-of-its-kind survey of the hardworking IT professionals on the front lines of the fight against cyberthreats. Source: Europol) New information was revealed about how the FBI managed to get into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.