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

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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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A powerful DDoS attack hit Hungarian banks and telecoms services

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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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Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

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

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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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Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks

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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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Robin Banks phishing-as-a-service platform continues to evolve

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The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Robin Banks migrated its infrastructure to DDoS-Guard, a Russian bulletproof hosting service. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs , DDOS-GUARD also hosted content for conspiracy theory movements QAnon and 8chan, as well as the official site for the Hamas terrorist group.

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DDoS attacks in Q3 2021

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Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. ris , a new botnet capable of carrying out powerful DDoS attacks. For instance, a DDoS attack on a Cloudflare customer (attributed to M?ris) We won't let our #DDoS stop us doing what we love!

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