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GUEST ESSAY: How amplified DDoS attacks on Ukraine leverage Apple’s Remote Desktop protocol

The Last Watchdog

Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. A10’s security research team recorded a significant spike in the number of potential DDoS weapons available for exploitation in 2021 and early 2022. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread.

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Cloudflare Blocks Record DDoS Attack as Threats Surge

eSecurity Planet

Cloudflare mitigated dozens of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks last weekend, most of them ranging from 50 to 70 million requests per second (RPS) – and the largest one exceeding 71 million RPS. DDoS attacks, on the other hand, don’t require infiltration to be effective and thus are growing in frequency and intensity.

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Comcast Business 2021 DDoS Threat Report: DDoS Becomes a Bigger Priority as Multivector Attacks are on the Rise

Dark Reading

Comcast Business mitigated 24,845 multi-vector DDoS attacks in 2021, a 47 percent increase over 2020.

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BrandPost: DDos Extortion Takes VoIP Providers Offline

CSO Magazine

This is clearly seen in their targeting of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, as highlighted in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report. Why target VoIP providers? The short answer is financial gain.

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Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era madhav Tue, 09/12/2023 - 05:15 Telecommunications firms have always faced a unique set of security challenges. IoT devices have a history of being the targets of botnet recruitment and engines for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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BrandPost: Geopolitical Unrest Creates Breeding Ground for Cyberattacks

CSO Magazine

As detailed in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report , the total number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks decreased from 5.4 million in the first half of 2021 to 4.4 million DDoS attacks for all of 2021. million attacks during this timeframe – a 7% increase from the second half of 2021.

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Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Threat report export capabilities. Crowdsourced analytics show threat prevalence. IntSights Threat Intelligence Platform. IntSights – recently acquired by Rapid7 – combines threat intelligence, data and tools, helping cybersecurity professionals stop attacks faster and see a greater return on investment (ROI).