Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2023

UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies. The post Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

China has emerged as a top nation to host the highest number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) attacks in recent past and is also a leading nation to launch modern cyber warfare. million Denial of service attacks on companies across the globe and more than half among them were subjected to disrupt government computer networks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Pro-Ukraine hackers are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. ” reported Crowdstrike. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2022

The government of Lithuania announced on Monday that it had been hit by an “intense” cyberattack, likely launched from Moscow, days after the Russian government protested restrictions Vilnius imposed on the rail transit of certain goods to Kaliningrad. which was one of the 1st targets of the new campaign.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 26, 2023

On January 25th, Killnet Russian activist threat group put several German websites offline after performing a DDoS attack. The hackers claimed they targeted government websites, banks, and airports as a reaction to Germany`s decision to supply Ukraine with 2 Leopard tanks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

DoJ announced the seizure of 13 new domains associated with DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of Operation PowerOFF. Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services as part of a coordinated international law enforcement effort known as Operation PowerOFF. com, ragebooter(.)com, com, downthem(.)org

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aim to overwhelm a target's application or website, exhausting the system's resources and making the target inaccessible to legitimate users. While DDoS attacks are relatively simple to execute, they are frequently used by threat actors and can be a real thorn in the side of an organization.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2022

A few of the Taiwan government's websites were targeted with DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks this week, during the same time that U.S. Security researchers consider DDoS attacks to be relatively minor compared to other types of cyberattacks, as they are easy to execute and don't leave too much lasting damage.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. 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. “Owners of.md

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

Highly placed sources say that the attack was a large scale sophisticated attack that hit Belnet that offers internet services to many of the government agencies and private entities across the country in the Western Europe. The post DDoS Attack on Belgium Parliament and Universities appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2022

A series of DDoS attacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. The Romanian national cyber security and incident response team, DNSC, warns of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting government websites. To nominate, please visit:?

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Cyberattacks on the Lithuanian government and private institutions conducted by the Russian cybercollective Killnet, and the group's possible collaboration with the Conti hacking gang, were shared on the Telegram messaging service ahead of a major DDoS attack Monday, according to cybersecurity company Flashpoint.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Around 50 so-called “booter” DDoS sites have been nuked by international law enforcement. The post Operation PowerOFF: DDoS Sites Denied Service (by US, UK, Europol) appeared first on Security Boulevard. And seven of their alleged administrators have been charged.

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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. Similar attacks recently targeted the Lithuanian government , Italian organizations and government websites, and Romania for providing support to Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

A massive DDoS attack took down Finnish government websites while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs). ” reads the announcement published by the Finnish government. The situation has returned to normal at around 1 p.m.” Security Center.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

According to NetBlock, the connectivity issue was observed after the Iranian Government has deployed the “ Digital Fortress ” (also known as D DEZHFA/D ejfa ) which is the national cyber shield. ICT ministry officials confirmed that the Digital Fortress system repelled a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

A distributed denial of service attack, fondly known as DDoS, has reportedly hit North Korea in early hours of Wednesday, bringing down whole of the connectivity to a near halt. As internet access and media publishing are strictly monitored by the government agencies, it seems to be unclear the impact of the digital damage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Killnet hacking group of Russia is suspected to have disrupted around 20 government websites related to the Japanese government. The cause was determined by the IT staff to be of Ddos Genre, confirming the role of a foreign group. But the role of Killnet hacking group that is being sponsored by Kremlin is yet to be found out.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of ongoing DDoS attacks targeting pro-Ukraine sites and the government web portal. The post Ongoing DDoS attacks from compromised sites hit Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs. The attacks originated from compromised websites, most of them use the WordPress CMS. To nominate, please visit:?

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2022

The Italian police is investigating the attack, while the National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) confirmed that the websites were hit with DDoS attacks. The Pro-Russian hacktivists launched a Slow POST DDoS attack, the CSIRT warns that this kind of attack is unusual and for this reason it could be undetected.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

The post Russian Hackers Declare War on Lithuania — Killnet DDoS Panic appeared first on Security Boulevard. NATO member Lithuania is under attack from Russian hacking group Killnet. It raises serious concerns over Russia’s use of cyber warfare against NATO states.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Ivan Geshev, Bulgaria’s chief public prosecutor, claimed on Twitter that government facilities had been subjected to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack over the weekend and suggested that Russia may be to blame. State institutions are under attack, possibly by Russian hacking groups.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 4, 2022

As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages on, the Russian government published yesterday a massive list containing 17,576 IP addresses and 166 domains that seem to be behind a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on its domestic infrastructure.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2021

The post Great Firewall Ready to Unleash ‘Gigantic’ DDoS—so are Other Middleboxes appeared first on Security Boulevard. Researchers have disclosed a nasty new way for bad people to mess up the internet for the rest of us.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Google seems to have taken a pledge to safeguard the security and digital transformation of governments, critical infrastructure managing companies and enterprises-large and small by creating a new cybersecurity advisory team. The post Google creates a Cybersecurity Action Team appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Every year, Kaspersky experts prepare forecasts for different industries, helping them to build a strong defense against any cybersecurity threats they might face in the foreseeable future. The contributors include representatives from government institutions: H.E. This will definitely play its role in corporate cybersecurity.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire businesses attempt to hide their true identities and location. Prosecutors say his service attracted more than two million registered users, and was responsible for launching a staggering 30 million distinct DDoS attacks. man charged in the government’s first 2018 mass booter bust-up.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers published a list of proxy IP addresses used by the pro-Russian group Killnet to neutralize its attacks. The list, which contains over 17,746 IPs, was disclosed by SecurityScorecard researchers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods. Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure – the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyber attacks is being witnessed year on year and the target points were mostly touted to be the organizations operating in education/research and military or government sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

DDoS attacks surge and cybersecurity professionals keep quiet over breaches. organizations including the civil service, parliament and the BBC have told users to remove TikTok from work devices, amidst fears the Chinese government could access data from the platform. The UK fines TikTok over underage data use. based respondents.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? The post Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

China is accused to have used the “Great Cannon” DDoS tool to launch attacks against LIHKG , a forum used by Hong Kong residents to organize protests. The last time the Great Cannon was used by the Chinese authorities was in 2017 when it was involved in DDoS attacks on the Mingjingnews.com site, a US-based Chinese media outlet.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Cybersecurity Agency Adds 6 Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 425 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The attacks are of ‘Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)’ variant and supposedly seem to take revenge digitally. So, the latest DDoS attacks on Britain could be an act of revenge on the government that witnessed three times leadership changes in 8-10 months of war, that began in the early hours of February 24th of this year.

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