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Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank under DDoS attack

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank reveals it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. State-owned VTB Bank, the second-largest financial institution in Russia, says it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history.

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The largest Russian bank Sberbank hit by a massive DDoS attack

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The largest and oldest bank in Russia Sberbank faced the record-breaking DDoS attack that reached 1 million RPS. Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS.

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Govt Agencies and Banks in Ukraine Targeted in DDoS Attacks

Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are wreaking havoc on Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces, as well as two of the country’s state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank (the State Savings Bank). What Is a DDoS Attack?

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A powerful DDoS attack hit Hungarian banks and telecoms services

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Hungarian financial institutions and telecommunications infrastructure were hit by a powerful DDoS attack originating from servers in Russia, China and Vietnam. A powerful DDoS attack hit some Hungarian banking and telecommunication services that briefly disrupted them. ” reported the Reuters agency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ukrainian government and banks once again hit by DDoS attacks

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The sites of several Ukrainian government agencies (including the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Internal Affairs, the Security Service, and the Cabinet of Ministers), and of the two largest state-owned banks are again targeted by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. [.].

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Ukrainian military agencies, banks hit by DDoS attacks, defacements

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two of the country's state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine's largest bank) and Oschadbank (the State Savings Bank), are being hammered by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. [.].

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How Financial Institutions Can Protect Themselves from Modern DDoS Attacks

Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2024

With the digital transformation of the financial industry and the prevalence of online business, financial institutions inevitably face various cybersecurity threats, among which DDoS attacks are the most common and threatening. a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks.

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Massive DDoS attack takes Russia’s second-largest bank VTB offline

Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history after its website and mobile apps were taken offline due to an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. [.].

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Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

DDoS extortionists are blackmailing Australian banks asking for payments of large sums in Monero cryptocurrency threatening DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals are threatening Australian banks of DDoS attacks if they will not pay large sums in Monero cryptocurrency. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS).

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Ukrainian military agencies, state-owned banks hit by DDoS attacks

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two of the country's state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine's largest bank) and Oschadbank (the State Savings Bank), are being hammered by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. [.].

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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. with operating two DDoS-for-hire or “booter” services — downthem[.]org Charles, Ill. The user interface for Downthem[.]org.

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Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks

Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

The post Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks appeared first on Blog. The post Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Teenager charged for launching DdoS attacks on International Banks and Websites

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2022

A court in Northern Ireland charged an 18-year-old teenager for launching distributed denial of service attacks to disrupt websites related to international banks and the server/s hosting a boxing match between Logan Paul and Rapper KSI.

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Robin Banks phishing service returns to steal banking accounts

Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Robin Banks phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform is back in action with infrastructure hosted by a Russian internet company that offers protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. [.].

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A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down for some days.

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Robin Banks Relocated to a Russian Server

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The cybercriminals behind Robin Bank have relocated the phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform to a Russian hosting service. DDoS-Guard takes over from Cloudflare after the latest caused a multi-day disruption of Robin Bank operations by distancing its services from the phishing infrastructure.

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German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks

Dark Reading

JANUARY 26, 2023

After Berlin pledged tanks for Ukraine, some German websites were knocked offline temporarily by Killnet DDoS attacks.

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Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Ukraine ‘s defense agencies and two state-owned banks were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.

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Killnet Russian Hacking Group Launches DDoS Attacks on German Websites

Heimadal Security

JANUARY 26, 2023

On January 25th, Killnet Russian activist threat group put several German websites offline after performing a DDoS attack. The hackers claimed they targeted government websites, banks, and airports as a reaction to Germany`s decision to supply Ukraine with 2 Leopard tanks.

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Cyber Attack on European Investment Bank and Redditt

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2023

According to recent reports, it appears that the European Investment Bank (EIB) has fallen victim to a cyber attack orchestrated by the Russian hacking group known as Killnet. The post Cyber Attack on European Investment Bank and Redditt appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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New SOVA Android Banking trojan is rapidly growing

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

SOVA is a new Android banking trojan that targets banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. The malware allows attacker to gather sensitive data from infected devices, including banking credentials and PII. SecurityAffairs – hacking, banking Trojan). “Like many others, S.O.V.A.

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Killnet Threatens Imminent SWIFT, World Banking Attacks

Dark Reading

JUNE 16, 2023

The DDoS collective claims to be teaming up with ReVIL and Anonymous Sudan for destructive financial attacks in retaliation for US aid in Ukraine, but the partnerships (and danger) are far from verified.

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Akamai mitigated the largest ever PPS DDoS attack

Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

Akamai announced to have mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit a European bank. Akamai revealed that a bank in Europe was hit by a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked a record 809 million packets per second (PPS). SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS).

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Robin Banks Phishing Service for Cybercriminals Returns with Russian Server

The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform known as Robin Banks has relocated its attack infrastructure to DDoS-Guard, a Russian provider of bulletproof hosting services. Robin Banks was

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Pro-Russia group Killnet targets US healthcare with DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Pro-Russia group Killnet is launching a series of DDoS attacks against the websites of US healthcare organizations and hospitals. The Pro-Russia group Killnet launched a series of DDoS attacks against US healthcare organizations and hospitals. In the last week, the pro-Russia group intensified its activity.

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German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

chief executive of the ADV airport association, confirmed that the websites were hit by a DDoS attack. “Once again, airports fell victim to large-scale DDoS attacks,” Beisel said in a statement. Ralph Beisel. She added that other systems at the airports were not impacted.

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Pro-Russian group Killnet launched DDoS attacks on Romanian govt sites

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2022

A series of DDoS attacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. The Romanian national cyber security and incident response team, DNSC, warns of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting government websites. The attacks have started on April 29, 2022, at 04:00.

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Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet targets NATO websites with DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO servers, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO sites, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website.

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ECB orders for Cyber Attack Stress test on banks

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 9, 2023

From 2024, the ECB will launch cyber attacks on major noted banks to check their IT infrastructure’s cyber resilience towards sophisticated attacks. The post ECB orders for Cyber Attack Stress test on banks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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DDoS Attacks Skyrocket, Kaspersky Researchers Say

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks soared in the third quarter, giving organizations yet another cyber threat to worry about. Even the slowest days saw 500 DDoS attacks; the busiest day, Aug. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks. DDoS Attackers Target Middleboxes, UDP.

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Russian Bank VTB Is Currently Under the Largest Cyber Attack in Its History

Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 7, 2022

VTB Bank, Russia’s second-largest financial institution, stated that it is experiencing the biggest cyberattack in its history after a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack caused its website and mobile apps to go down.

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Ukraine government and pro-Ukrainian sites hit by DDoS attacks

Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine (CERT-UA) has announced that Ukraine government web portals and pro-Ukraine sites are subjected to ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. It then came to light that a particular pro-Ukrainian site had used the same DDoS code to target Russian sites.

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Fake DDoS protection pages on compromised WordPress sites lead to malware infections

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

Threat actors compromise WordPress sites to display fake Cloudflare DDoS protection pages to distribute malware. DDoS Protection pages are associated with browser checks performed by WAF/CDN services which verify if the site visitor is a human or a bot. The file poses as a tool required to bypass the DDoS verification.

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Ongoing DDoS attacks from compromised sites hit Ukraine

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of ongoing DDoS attacks targeting pro-Ukraine sites and the government web portal. The post Ongoing DDoS attacks from compromised sites hit Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs. The attackers placed the scripts in the HTML structure of the main files (HTML, JavaScript, etc.) To nominate, please visit:?

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Top 5 DDoS Attack Challenges For Telecom Companies

SecureBlitz

MARCH 11, 2021

This post will expose the top 5 DDoS attack challenges for Telecom companies. From traffic control systems to shopping, banking, transaction processing and communication — without the worldwide web, many activities that we take for granted would be impossible and many vital services would fail. Today’s world runs on the Internet.

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White House pins Ukraine DDoS attacks on Russian GRU hackers

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Today, the White House has linked the recent DDoS attacks that knocked down the sites of Ukrainian banks and defense agencies to Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). [.].

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DanaBot Launches DDoS Attack Against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

Security Boulevard

MARCH 2, 2022

A threat actor using DanaBot has launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s webmail server. The DDoS attack was launched by leveraging DanaBot to deliver a second-stage malware payload using the download and execute command. Key Points. Cloud Sandbox Detection.

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New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack

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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, New Zealand central bank). ” reported the NBCNews. ” reported the NBCNews.

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BitRAT campaign relies on stolen sensitive bank data as a lure

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages. Keylogging. Monero mining.

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Hiccup in Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Massive String of Outages

Threatpost

JUNE 17, 2021

An hour-long outage hit airlines, banks and the Hong Kong Stock exchange. It's thought to have been caused by a DDoS mitigation service.

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Five Client-Side Web App Risks Banking & Investment Should Know

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

Can you name the top cybersecurity risks for banking and investment? Most would probably list cyber attacks like phishing, credential theft, DDoS, and maybe ransomware. The post Five Client-Side Web App Risks Banking & Investment Should Know appeared first on Feroot. You know the […]. You know the […].

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Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. Bank customers. Bank customers.

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Banks and other Govt organizations badly hit in New Zealand by Cyber Attack

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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Is August DDoS Attack Month?

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 19, 2020

And by new tricks, we mean new DDoS extortion threats. This August, old cyber actors have returned with a string of malicious DDoS attacks. They are currently targeting multiple sectors, including banking and finance, as well as retail. The actor warns of an impending DDoS attack unless the company pays a Bitcoin ransom. "If

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Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank under DDoS attack

The largest Russian bank Sberbank hit by a massive DDoS attack

Trending Sources

Govt Agencies and Banks in Ukraine Targeted in DDoS Attacks

A powerful DDoS attack hit Hungarian banks and telecoms services

Ukrainian government and banks once again hit by DDoS attacks

Ukrainian military agencies, banks hit by DDoS attacks, defacements

How Financial Institutions Can Protect Themselves from Modern DDoS Attacks

Massive DDoS attack takes Russia’s second-largest bank VTB offline

Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

Ukrainian military agencies, state-owned banks hit by DDoS attacks

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks

Teenager charged for launching DdoS attacks on International Banks and Websites

Robin Banks phishing service returns to steal banking accounts

A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

Robin Banks Relocated to a Russian Server

German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks

Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks

Killnet Russian Hacking Group Launches DDoS Attacks on German Websites

Cyber Attack on European Investment Bank and Redditt

New SOVA Android Banking trojan is rapidly growing

Killnet Threatens Imminent SWIFT, World Banking Attacks

Akamai mitigated the largest ever PPS DDoS attack

Robin Banks Phishing Service for Cybercriminals Returns with Russian Server

Pro-Russia group Killnet targets US healthcare with DDoS attacks

German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again

Pro-Russian group Killnet launched DDoS attacks on Romanian govt sites

Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet targets NATO websites with DDoS attacks

ECB orders for Cyber Attack Stress test on banks

DDoS Attacks Skyrocket, Kaspersky Researchers Say

Russian Bank VTB Is Currently Under the Largest Cyber Attack in Its History

Ukraine government and pro-Ukrainian sites hit by DDoS attacks

Fake DDoS protection pages on compromised WordPress sites lead to malware infections

Ongoing DDoS attacks from compromised sites hit Ukraine

Top 5 DDoS Attack Challenges For Telecom Companies

White House pins Ukraine DDoS attacks on Russian GRU hackers

DanaBot Launches DDoS Attack Against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack

BitRAT campaign relies on stolen sensitive bank data as a lure

Hiccup in Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Massive String of Outages

Five Client-Side Web App Risks Banking & Investment Should Know

Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

Banks and other Govt organizations badly hit in New Zealand by Cyber Attack

Is August DDoS Attack Month?

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