CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The threat has since come a long way, moving from consumers to enterprises, adding data leak threats on the side and sometimes distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) blackmail. The attacks have become so widespread that they now impact all types of organizations and even entire national governments.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2022

This nefarious behavior is clearly seen in the ways attackers are utilizing application-layer DDoS attacks , as detailed in the 2H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report. As we have said many times before, threat actors are always looking for ways to improve on their attack strategies. To read this article in full, please click here

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Encryption DDOS 77

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

In this valuable NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report video , we explore the triple extortion attack method by looking at three key components: Data Encryption. DDoS Attacks. By combining data encryption, data theft, and DDoS attacks, threat actors hit a ransomware trifecta designed to increase the possibility of payment.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

The hackers purportedly compromised the railway system’s routing and switching devices and rendered them inoperable by encrypting data stored on them. It's worth noting that the situation is really quite unprecedented,” Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, tells CSO. “I AgainstTheWest targeted Russian interests.

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