Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

Cybersecurity geeks may already know this historical tidbit… The first DDoS attack occurred back in 1999, when a computer at the University of Minnesota suddenly came under attack from a network of 114 other computers infected with a malicious script called Trin00.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2022

Cyber-attacks continue to make headlines, and wreak havoc for organizations, with no sign of abating. Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread. A10’s security research … (more…).

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Phantom flood attacks and other low volume attacks are a significant security threat for service providers and their customers. The post Phantom Floods: Are Service Providers Blind to These DDoS Attacks? appeared first on Radware Blog. The post Phantom Floods: Are Service Providers Blind to These DDoS Attacks?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

According to Boston Consulting Group research, financial service firms are up to 300 times more likely to experience a cyber attack per year compared to […]. The post Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks appeared first on Blog.

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Aqua said it gathered data from public repositories that contain code and tools for targeting cyber-aggression on both sides of the conflict. The post Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A group calling itself "Anonymous Sudan" has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack which knocked the website of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) offline earlier this week, and left customer data exposed. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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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. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2021

Protecting Service provider’s large-scale network is different, most service providers implement a DDoS protection after the fact. The post How DDoS Attacks Are Different for Service Providers appeared first on Radware Blog.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the modern application landscape, where businesses are constantly under the threat of cyber attacks, one of the most recent to emerge is HTTP/2 Rapid Reset (CVE-2023-44487), a type of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The post DDOS Attacks Targeting Payment Services of Global Financial Institutions appeared first on Radware Blog. The post DDOS Attacks Targeting Payment Services of Global Financial Institutions appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups, they’re leveraging current geopolitical tensions between the Ukraine and Russia to perform cyber-attacks. The group performed cyber-attacks against 5 logistic terminals in Italy (Sech, Trieste, TDT, Yilprort, VTP) and several major financial institutions too.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2023

The French Senate’s website was taken offline by a DDoS attack launched by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName is claiming responsibility for a DDoS attack that took the website of the French Senate offline. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 16, 2022

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. If pro-Russian hackers had had their way, the Eurovision Song Contest could have been disrupted, potentially preventing the broadcast from being seen or meddling with the vote.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The Smurf Attack is one of the oldest, simplest, and effective cyber-attacks, one that can draw down many unpleasant consequences for any targeted company. What Is a Smurf Attack? Before trying to understand what is a Smurf Attack, we must first understand the concepts of DoS and DDoS.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

The Anonymous collective and the volunteer group Ukraine IT Army continues to launch cyber attacks on Russian entities. Ukraine IT Army launched massive DDoS attacks on the EGAIS portal that has a crucial role in Russia’s alcohol distribution. Feb 27- Mar 05 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict.

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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. It may also be a part of a more targeted attack. It’s a type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that uses a script to automatically send messages. What does a sudden influx of spam emails mean?

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Last month, as North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a series of sabre-rattling hypersonic missile tests, cyber attacks disrupted the country's internet infrastructure. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. But who was responsible?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Top Cybersecurity Blogs We're Reading in 2020. Here’s a collection of our favorite cybersecurity blogs and websites from the industry's foremost thought leaders and reporters. #9. Healthcare Company UHS a Victim of Major Cyber Attack. And was it a DDoS Attack? Let’s Talk About COVID-19 Scams.

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 25, 2023

Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control agency, has revealed that it has been under cyber attack for the last week, and says that pro-Russian hackers have claimed responsibility for the disruption. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. But dig a little deeper, and you realise that the err.

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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. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

Most would probably list cyber attacks like phishing, credential theft, DDoS, and maybe ransomware. Can you name the top cybersecurity risks for banking and investment? You know the […].

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

In the modern age, nation states are expanding the battlefield with targeted cyber attacks on their adversaries. Why cyber attacks?” DDoS attacks are meant to cause major disruption to an adversary nation and wreak havoc in a number of ways. Category Awareness, Case Study, Vulnerability. Risk Level.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

issued a market bulletin dated August 16, 2022 setting out new rules for standalone cyber-attack policies that would exclude coverage for damages from state-sponsored attacks. Does the attack come from government actors or is it simply criminal syndicates seeking cash? Lloyds of London Ltd. UTM Medium. UTM Source.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2024

Since the underlying layer of SSH relies on liblzma, when certain conditions are met, an attacker can use this vulnerability to bypass SSH authentication and gain unauthorized access on the […] The post XZ-Utils Supply Chain Backdoor Vulnerability Updated Advisory (CVE-2024-3094) appeared first on NSFOCUS, Inc.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) issued a joint advisory warning of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by Russia-linked threat actors and criminal cyber threats. President Biden for more information).

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

NSDC, the National Security and Defense Council, released on the 24th of February an official statement confirming that a cyber-attack pointed at SEI EB (System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies) took place.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2024

a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks. NSFOCUS Security Research Labs named the botnet Trojan as […] The post NSFOCUS Reveals New Botnet Family RDDoS appeared first on NSFOCUS, Inc.,

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks. Subsequently, OpenAI issued a statement revealing that they were facing periodic outages across ChatGPT and the API due to a reflective Distributed Denial […] The post Why Isn’t My ChatGPT Working?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Researchers at Malwarebytes are monitoring the evolution of the ElectrumDoSMiner DDoS botnet that reached 152,000 infected hosts. MalwareBytes researchers are closely monitoring attacks against users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet, in particular, the evolution of the Electrum DDoS botnet.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

President Joe Biden for “massive cyberattacks” aimed at disrupting the Russian invasion – initial reports of cyber attacks have in some cases been destructive and damaging, but not anywhere near anyone’s worst-case fears of utility system attacks, for example. Espionage, which has included targeting U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Erin: What are some of the biggest cyber threats that businesses face today?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post What is Cybersecurity and Why It’s Important appeared first on Radware Blog. A good security strategy helps businesses reduce the chance of falling victim to data theft while also ensuring shared data is kept secure. The post What is Cybersecurity and Why It’s Important appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 1, 2022

The post This was H1 2022 – Part 1 – The Fight Against Cybercrime appeared first on Radware Blog. To make matters worse, there was a lack of skilled security professionals who could […]. The post This was H1 2022 – Part 1 – The Fight Against Cybercrime appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. A new Adwind variant involved in attacks on US petroleum industry. Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 after cyber attack.

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