Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Pro-Russia group Killnet is launching a series of DDoS attacks against the websites of US healthcare organizations and hospitals. The Pro-Russia group Killnet launched a series of DDoS attacks against US healthcare organizations and hospitals. In the last week, the pro-Russia group intensified its activity.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders. The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2022

Norway’s National Security Authority (NSM) confirmed that a DDoS attack took down some of the country’s most important websites. The attacks will still be able to create uncertainty in the population, and give the impression that we are a piece in the current political situation in Europe.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Iran comes under cyber-attack again, a massive offensive brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet. Iran infrastructures are under attack, a massive cyberattack brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet, according to the experts the national connectivity fell to 75%.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO servers, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. The attack was confirmed by NATO, while the hacker group announced the attack on its Telegram Channel with the following message.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). The post These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army , threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. were victims of ransomware attacks this year. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

The Greek government announced that a DDoS cyber attack hit the official state websites of the prime minister, the national police and fire service and several important ministries. The websites involved in the attack have been already restored by the government IT staff. said Government spokesman Stelios Petsas.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service attacks. Sandman behind the attacks. SecurityAffairs – Sandman , DDoS).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The Belgian interior ministry was targeted by a “sophisticated” cyber attack, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Belgian interior ministry was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber-espionage attack, the news was confirmed by a spokesman to RTBF public television on Tuesday.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry announced that the cyber attack against its systems, allegedly carried by a state actor has ended. This week, the Austrian foreign ministry announced that the cyber attack against its systems has ended. Major cyber ??attacks Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Anonymous and numerous hacker groups linked to the popular collective continue to launch cyber attacks against Russian and Belarussian government organizations and private businesses. However, a cyber attack announced today by the Anonymous-linked group Network Battalion 65 could have serious consequences.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) confirmed that Pro-Russia group Killnet hit websites of national and European hospitals. The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported that the websites of several hospital in the Netherlands and Europe were hit by DDoS attacks carried out by pro-Russia hacking group Killnet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Estonia announced to have blocked a wave of cyber attacks conducted by Russian hackers against local institutions. Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. ” reèprted the AFP agency.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This follows the DDoS attacks against several Ukrainian websites earlier today 1/n — ESET research (@ESETresearch) February 23, 2022. New #wiper malware being used in attacks on #Ukraine 1bc44eef75779e3ca1eefb8ff5a64807dbc942b1e4a2672d77b9f6928d292591 — Threat Intelligence (@threatintel) February 23, 2022.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2022

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced that Lithuanian state institutions and companies are under a massive DDoS attack. The authorities believe that the attacks will continue in the coming days, and will be aimed at organizations in the transport, energy and financial sectors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to Senate President José Luis Dalmau, there is no evidence that threat actors were able to access sensitive information belonging to employees, contractors or consultants. This isn’t the first time that Puerto Rico was hit by a cyber attack in recent years.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

. “To help organizations better protect themselves, SecurityScorecard has published a list of proxy IPs to help block the Killnet DDoS bot.” ” reads the post published by the security firm SecurityScorecard. The Pro-Russia group of hackers targeted 31 Dutch hospitals.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services. “The Information Technology and Cyber ​​Security Service (STISC) warns of scam and phishing cyber attack campaigns targeting government institutions.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The victims were informed in these letters that their house bank would change their security system – and their own account would be affected.” According to the German BKA, the suspects also carried out DDoS (distributed denial of service) attackers against the banks to cover up their fraudulent activities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

So, companies small and medium can take the help of the awareness program to help their companies defend their computer networks against the growing cyber threats such as ransomware, phishing and Ddos attacks. Now, to those who need a bit of enlightenment on why SMBs act as attractive targets for cyber criminals- here’s gist-.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

. “It was revealed that addresses belonging to certain Russian traffic networks were the source of these coordinated attacks,” the Council said. The Ukrainian authorities did not attribute the attack to a specific threat actor. The threat actors attempted to compromise the targeted to deploy a DDoS bot.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Pro-Russia group Killnet launched last week DDoS attacks against the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks. The Pro-Russia group Killnet is behind the DDoS attacks that last week hit the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Poland security agency warns pro-Russian hackers that are continuously targeting the state since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been a constant target of cyber attacks conducted by pro-Russian hackers , Poland’s security agency warns. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more. The gang explained that one of its partners attacked SickKids violating its rules, for this reason, it blocked the affiliate. Other ransomware attacks recently hit US hospitals.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

. “These issues will be particularly challenging for K-12 schools that face resource limitations; therefore, educational leadership, information technology personnel, and security personnel will need to balance this risk when determining their cybersecurity investments.” ” states the alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

The number of cyber-attacks continues to increase as well as their level of sophistication. For this reason, the behavior of each actor in the cyber arena is becoming a national security concern for every government. Some of those activities being malicious. Let me suggest reading the full paper available here : [link].

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members. February 24 – Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The Anonymous collective and the volunteer group Ukraine IT Army continues to launch cyber attacks on Russian entities. The Anonymous collective continues its cyber war on Russian businesses and government organizations. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

The research aims to raise awareness and visibility of how cyber attackers are targeting the black community, as well as offer practical recommendations to help African Americans combat the threats they face as a result of systemic racism. DDoS attacks are an issue. Cyberattacks increase after major racial incidents.

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