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Internet in New Zealand disrupted due to a DDoS Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A Distributed Denial of Service attack shortly known as DDoS resulted in the disruption of internet services across New Zealand leading to shut down or temporary closure of businesses from afternoon today, i.e. September 3rd,2021. To those who are unaware of what is a DDoS attack, here’s a bit of explanation.

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Russia Yandex servers hit by DDoS Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Cybersecurity Insiders learnt from its sources that the IT infrastructure of multinational corporation Yandex witnessed a peak in the Denial of service attack, shortly known as DDoS attack on September 5th,2021, i.e. on teachers’ day this year. million RPS attacks on August 7th-9th, 9.6 Go application.

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Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 15, 2022

The IT Company that has been assigned the task to looking into the digital operations of the online voting systems related to the singing contest have declared it officially, that they were registering fake web traffic onto their website and it could be a resultant of the constant Ddos threats emerging from hackers working for Russian Intelligence.

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Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War

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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Russia launched DDoS attack on Ukraine Nuclear Plant

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ukraine Nuclear Plant was targeted by a DDoS cyber attack launched by a group of cyber hackers. And details are in that the digital assault was launched by the Kremlin-funded ‘People’s Cyber Army’. The post Russia launched DDoS attack on Ukraine Nuclear Plant appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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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Killnet targeting healthcare apps hosted on Microsoft Azure

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

The tech giant claims that the activity has occurred for over three months, i.e. between November 2022 and February 2023. Most were distributed denial of service attacks aka DDoS and a mixture of other attack patterns.

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Group-IB: 14 cyber attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Group-IB has estimated that crypto exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks between 2017 and 2018. Last year we warned that hackers competent enough to carry out a targeted attack might have a new target – cryptocurrency exchanges,” — reminded Dmitry Volkov, Group-IB CTO. “In Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forums

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

The attackers also managed to transfer $150,000 worth of cryptocurrency from Verified’s wallet to a wallet under his control. In February, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Crdclub discloses a cyber attack that resulted in the hack of the administrator’s account. Source FlashPoint.

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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

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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Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

According to the security firm, the infections followed the DDoS attacks against several Ukrainian websites, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, and Rada. New information shared by Symantec on the data wiper attacks revealed that, in some cases, threat actors used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy.

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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While the impact of these destructive cyber-attacks paled in comparison to the effects of the kinetic attacks taking place at the same time, it should be noted that this capability could in theory be directed against any country outside of the context of an armed conflict and under the pretense of traditional cybercrime activity.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

While such an attack is relatively massive, it is no longer uncommon or unexpected. . Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three avenues of attacks will continue growing rapidly over the coming year. Regulatory Efforts Will Increase.

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UK to save Lithuania and Georgia from Russian Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2022

UK has taken an initiative to protect Lithuania and Georgia from Russian cyber attacks. Reports are in that nations like Norway and Georgia are also experiencing distributed denial of service(DDoS) attacks from pro-Russian groups who want the leaders of the region to support the Kremlin in defeating Kyiv to the core.

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REvil Ransomware gang members arrested by Russia

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

On the condition of anonymity, a cop from the FSB reported the authorities seized huge amounts of cryptocurrency, vehicles purchased from crime and some servers that are suspected to be involved in spreading malware and launching DdoS attacks on some companies’ infrastructure operating in the west.

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The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Cybersecurity data breaches are defined as cybersecurity incidents that resulted in the confirmed compromise of data confidentiality i.e. the unauthorized viewing and/or copying of data. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Miscellaneous Errors: misconfigured server, email sent to the wrong person etc.

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The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity data breaches are defined as cybersecurity incidents that resulted in the confirmed compromise of data confidentiality i.e. the unauthorized viewing and/or copying of data. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Miscellaneous Errors: misconfigured server, email sent to the wrong person etc.

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Internet in New Zealand disrupted due to a DDoS Cyber Attack

Russia Yandex servers hit by DDoS Cyber Attack

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Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest

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

Killnet targeting healthcare apps hosted on Microsoft Azure

Group-IB: 14 cyber attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million

Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forums

NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

UK to save Lithuania and Georgia from Russian Cyber Attacks

REvil Ransomware gang members arrested by Russia

The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

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