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What is Telecom LightBasin Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Revealing the same in a blog post published on Tuesday, the California based endpoint security provider revealed that the said gang of cyber criminals could have easily targeted over 13 telecom networks so far and the count might exceed the said number in near future.

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DHS issues emergency Directive to prevent DNS hijacking attacks

Security Affairs

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e.gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.”.

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Massive Surge in DDoS Attacks Reported in First Quarter of 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

StormWall , a premier cybersecurity firm specializing in the defense of websites, networks, and online services from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, has published an in-depth report on the DDoS landscape during the first quarter of 2023. Highly destructive HTTP attacks are becoming more accessible, resulting in 82.3%

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RuNet – Russia successfully concluded tests on its Internet infrastructure

Security Affairs

The Russian authorities did not reveal the type of tests conducted on its infrastructure, it is only known that the experts also simulated a cyber attack from a foreign state-actor that forced the country from disconnecting from the Internet. “According to Sokolov, several scenarios were worked out during the exercises.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

History of MSSPs As internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telecoms) began offering commercial access to the internet in the late 1990s, they began to also offer firewall appliances and associated managed services. As cyber attacks continue to increase in number and sophistication, the need for MSSPs grows.

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Alleged Iran-linked APT groups behind global DNS Hijacking campaign

Security Affairs

Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. The same IPs were previously associated with cyber attacks conducted by Iranian cyberspies. With these techniques, attackers are able to harvest usernames , passwords and domain credentials.

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Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily

Security Affairs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of launching cyber-attacks on its country with a daily basis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Iran launched cyber-attacks on Israel on a daily basis, but its experts are able to block them. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Israel, Netanyahu).