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Internet in New Zealand disrupted due to a DDoS Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

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

A distributed denial of service attack has targeted Yandex, an internet company based in Russia. The only good news is that the staff of Yandex thwarted such attacks with a 100% success rate with a record repel of 22 million requests per second (RPS) last Sunday. million RPS attacks on August 7th-9th, 9.6 Go application.

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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

SecureList

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

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. 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?

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The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

Approachable Cyber Threats

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. What did ‘the internet’ think caused cybersecurity incidents and data breaches?”

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The Cybersecurity Perception Problem in 2023

Approachable Cyber Threats

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. What did ‘the internet’ think caused cybersecurity incidents and data breaches?”