Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 20, 2025

You might notice a surge of failed attempts targeting specific accounts or regions at certain times of the day. A few examples of visualizations role in cybersecurity include: Threat Intelligence Dashboards : Aggregating and displaying global attack trends, allowing analysts to stay informed about the latest threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

StormWall , a premier cybersecurity firm specializing in the defense of websites, networks, and online services from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, has published an in-depth report on the DDoS landscape during the first quarter of 2023. The average attack strength reached 1.4 aimed at other objectives.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2019

Europol and law enforcement agencies worldwide are investigating DDoS-for-hire services and hunting users that paid them to carry out cyber attacks. The operation dubbed Power Off allowed to shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service ( webstresser.org ) and arrest its administrators. webstresser.org.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Web security has become one of the hottest topics of the past few years, with cyber attacks originating in many forms. In 2014 alone, we had the Snapchat hack, Heartbleed, Shellshock, SoakSoak and many other attacks (you can learn more about each of them here ). Have a Paypal account and a target? It’s that easy.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

People suddenly getting a lot of spam emails may be the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. Someone leaking, stealing or selling account information can cause a sudden influx of spam emails. It may also be a part of a more targeted attack. Check Your Bank Account. What does a sudden influx of spam emails mean?

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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. The post Teenager charged for launching DdoS attacks on International Banks and Websites appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

The document also analyzes the impact of the cyber attacks on the sector and provides details about the most targeted entities and affected assets. The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Today, EDR is relied upon to detect and respond to phishing, account takeovers, BEC attacks, business logic hacks, ransomware campaigns and DDoS bombardments across an organization’s environment. Hand: In any significantly complex system, there will inevitably be edge and corner cases that we just can’t account for.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

With AI amplifying social engineering threats, businesses' attack surfaces grow increasingly larger. If an organization is already susceptible to a range of cyberattacks like data breaches, DDoS (distributed denial-of-service), and malware, then AI will likely provide more headaches for businesses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2025

CISA adds Yii Framework and Commvault Command Center flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ireland’s DPC fined TikTok 530M for sending EU user data to China Microsoft sets all new accounts passwordless by default Luxury department store Harrods suffered a cyberattack U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

payment cards for free Harvard Business Publishing licensee hit by ransomware Everest gang demands $200K for data stolen from South Africa state-owned electricity company ESKOM CommonSpirit hospital chains hit by ransomware, patients are facing problems Lloyd’s of London investigates alleged cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2020

In April, SecureWorld gave whisky fans some bad news when a DDoS attack hit an exclusive event from Whisky Auctioneer. This is a classic example of a DDoS (distributed denial of service) cyber attack. As it turns out, the situation was more complicated than a single DDoS attack. from the starting ?bid

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The victims were informed in these letters that their house bank would change their security system – and their own account would be affected.” With the TAN, they were then able to withdraw funds from the accounts of the victims.” ” reads the statement issued by BKA and shared by BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

The attackers also managed to transfer $150,000 worth of cryptocurrency from Verified’s wallet to a wallet under his control. In February, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Crdclub discloses a cyber attack that resulted in the hack of the administrator’s account.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Please read the following post with this notion in mind: DoS doesn’t refer to the classic operating system, nor is DDoS a “Different” version of this system. DoS and DDoS are two common types of cyber attacks that can block legitimate users from getting access to your website. DDoS Attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A Cyber Attack that hit servers of several banking institutions of New Zealand(NZ) has disrupted the online services for over a week now. The post Banks and other Govt organizations badly hit in New Zealand by Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

A new e-skimmer found on WordPress site using the WooCommerce plugin Coronavirus-themed attacks April 05 – April 11, 2020 Thousands Zoom credentials available on a Dark Web forum 500,000+ Zoom accounts available for sale on the Dark Web Apple and Google join forces to develop Contact Tracing app against Coronavirus Danish pump maker DESMI reveals cyber (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Lampion malware v2 February 2020.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2020

She also promised to investigate the attack to the full extent of the law: "We will ensure that all participant data is provided to investigators and will assist law enforcement as they work to identify the perpetrators of this racist act. Other colleges have also experienced attacks on their virtual graduations.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services. “The Information Technology and Cyber ​​Security Service (STISC) warns of scam and phishing cyber attack campaigns targeting government institutions.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re probably annoyed with everyone telling you to have a long, complex, unique password for every website, device, and account you own. 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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

from the Lympo NTF platform. from the Lympo NTF platform.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

increased rewards for info on North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot malware Zero Day attacks target online stores using PrestaShop? million Twitter accounts available for sale. and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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 has brought us many benefits.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Bot protection products can also help prevent DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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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. Anonymous leaked a 20.4

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs SharkBot Banking Trojan spreads through fake AV apps on Google Play China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations A Mirai-based botnet is exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability? million US customers U.S.

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SecureList

MARCH 14, 2022

In the webcast, we also provided an analysis of attacks identified using Kaspersky’s honeypot network in Ukraine; as well as an analysis of the APT attacks by Gamaredon, Cyclops Blink, Hades/Sandworm and unknown groups, using commodity malware such as PandoraBlade. Q: We all know of REvil group activity and the Kaseya case.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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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 a legion. Wait for us.”

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