Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“We are absolutely committed to ensuring UK academia is as safe as possible from cyber threats, and will not hesitate to act when that threat evolves.”. This summer the NCSC investigated an increased number of cyber attacks on universities, schools, and colleges, most of them were hit with ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Though not as prevalent as ransomware and malware, there have been reports of DDoS attacks on schools, as well as video conference interruptions by cyber actors. Here are some recommendations for best network practices: "Patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as manufacturers release updates.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In an enterprise setting, industrial control systems that are most prone to cyber-attacks include supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA), programmable logic controllers (PLC), interfaces connecting humans and machines, and distributed control systems. Related posts.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since then, several pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine hacktivist groups have conducted a series of cyber attacks to disrupt their adversaries. Most of the observed attacks were crowdsourced distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, website defacements, and data destruction operations.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

As cyber attacks continue to increase in number and sophistication, the need for MSSPs grows. Application and website security monitors and manages tools to prevent incidents such as server attacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

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Telecommunications Firewall Penetration Testing Cybersecurity 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

billion Cisco confirms that data leaked by the Yanluowang ransomware gang were stolen from its systems Some firmware bugs in HP business devices are yet to be fixed Albania was hit by a new cyberattack and blames Iran Iran-linked APT42 is behind over 30 espionage attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Botnets : Networks of compromised computers are controlled by a central attacker and used for various malicious activities such as launching coordinated distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks, providing a staging point for attacks on other victims, or distributing spam.

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Software Data breaches DDOS Ransomware 98

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

DoS and DDoS attacks DDoS attacks can make your public-facing applications and websites inaccessible, causing massive revenue loss. A denial of service (DoS) attack overwhelms an enterprise resource, often an internal network or an important application, with too much traffic. Segmentation.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A report from IBM claims that 21% of all cyber attacks the company remediated in 2021 were ransomware, making it the most common type of attack in the report. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”. Ransomware is one of the most virulent forms of malware on the modern Internet.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

UK media didn't report UK gym chain Total Fitness had been hit by a ransomware attack. In a statement released by Total Fitness on 5th February, the gym chain said , " On 26th January, Total Fitness’ threat detection software exposed a cyber-attack affecting our internal systems, processes, and communications.

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