Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Which are the most common causes of a Data Breach and how to prevent It? Data breaches are highly damaging and equally embarrassing for businesses and consumers. If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here’s what happened: The school did not have proper website security in place and consequently was the target of a data breach that shut down its website. In 2015, the education sector was among the top three sectors breached , behind healthcare and retail. Protect Your Campus from DDoS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

Last week a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack shut down the websites and systems of Minneapolis, but there is no evidence of a breach. But some security experts argued that the data were not obtained as result of a security breach occurred during the DDoS attack. ” concludes Hunt.

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Hot for Security

MAY 6, 2021

A yet-unknown threat actor launched a DDoS attack against the internet network used by the public administration and other official institutions in Belgium, briefly bringing the system down. Large-scale DDoS attacks are not uncommon, but systems are usually in place to deal with them so services are not affected.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Verizon’s Breach Report is one of the best infosec reports out there, and I’m always excited when I hear it’s been released. DDoS is way up, both in numbers of attacks and the weight of them. My analysis.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Microsoft denied the data breach after the collective of hacktivists known as Anonymous Sudan claimed to have hacked the company. A collective known as Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) claimed responsibility for the DDoS attacks that hit the company’s services. reads the report published by the company.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

ris Botnet Breaks DDoS Record Targeting Russian Internet Giant Yandex. Microsoft Fixes Vulnerabilities in Azure Allowing Hackers to Execute Code and Gain Data in Customer Containers. Singapore MyRepublic Discloses Data Breach Exposing Government-Issued IDs. Here are the top security stories from recent weeks: .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack. The attack was launched by a threat actor ordering Lockbit gang to remove Entrust’s stolen data. The post Lockbit leak sites hit by mysterious DDoS attack after Entrust hack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Because APIs connect services and transfer all types of data, including sensitive data, APIs are vulnerable to attacks that may result in costly data breaches. APIs are Used for Communication and Data Transfer. The post Protecting your APIs from Attacks and Data Breaches appeared first on IT Security Guru.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare revealed this week that at least 76 employees and their family members received text messages on their personal and work phones. The post Hackers behind Twilio data breach also targeted Cloudflare employees appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Almost a third of respondents in Fastly's Fight Fire with Fire survey view data breaches and data loss as the biggest cybersecurity threat.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

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.” Liberator is advertised as a DDoS tool to launch attacks against “Russian propaganda websites.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

And with good reason: data breaches, ransomware, and other cyberattacks continue to plague organizations. Security resilience is top of mind for the vast majority of executives; 96% say its highly important to their business, according to the Cisco Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

CSI), followed by data breaches (23%), ransomware (20%) and a breach at a third party (15%). It was cited by 29% of respondents in a survey by Computer Systems Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Take the WhatsApp data breach of 2019, where hackers got the personal data of 1.5 It’s a type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that uses a script to automatically send messages.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Nominate Pierluigi Paganini and Security Affairs here here: [link] Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A few days ago, the Pro-Russia group NoName057(16) announced to have launched DDoS attacks on several Canadian organizations, including CBSA, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, and the Senate. In August 2018, Air Canada suffered another data breach. reads the alert. million mobile app users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Next in the line will be the online casino industry that lacks adequate measures to mitigate sophisticated cyber risks like DDoS attacks. And the only way to protect is to become better equipped to handle attacks filled with sophistication with related hardware and software.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9 Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

PlugX malware delivered by exploiting flaws in Chinese programs Prometei botnet evolves and infected +10,000 systems since November 2022 CISA adds VMware’s Cloud Foundation bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man Latest version of Xenomorph Android malware (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2023

Cybersecurity is one of the significant business function that focuses on protecting IT infrastructure such as data, applications, communication infrastructure and network. Instead, Information Security is a part of a cybersecurity program that focuses mainly on protecting data from breaches and damage.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. ” reads the notice of data breach published by the Oregon Anesthesiology Group. “Oregon Anesthesiology Group, P.C.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Oauth token endpoint Exposing API keys, especially when those APIs provide access to confidential or sensitive user data, could lead to data breaches. Leaking the Testdrive system API may result in data breaches that reveal sensitive data such as contact and data of clients who signed up for test drives with Kun Exclusive BMW.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If cybercriminals discover the environment file first, it puts the organization at risk of unauthorized access to critical data, potential data breaches, data tampering, financial losses, reputational damage, and legal and compliance issues,” Cybernews researchers write.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of Montenegro Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus Critical flaw impacts Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Iran-linked Mercury APT exploited Log4Shell in SysAid Apps for initial access GoldDragon (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Group-IB discovered a database allegedly belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider DDoS-Guard posted for sale on a cybercrime forum. The database supposedly contains information about DDoS-Guard’s customers, including their names, IP-addresses, and payment information. We’ve seen a number of rogue websites hosted by DDoS-Guard.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Though you may be thinking your company isn’t at risk, consider this: unless customers are only using cash for their purchases, there’s no way to guarantee you won’t become a victim of a data breach. Consumers’ choices are affected by data breaches. Avoid DDoS Attacks With a Web Application Firewall.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Are the DDoS and the fire linked? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation Open (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities Former Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What you might think is an influx of traffic, could actually be a cybercriminal using malicious bots to aid in a DDoS attack attempting to take down your website. What is a DDoS Attack? To mitigate DDoS attacks, set up DDoS attack protection. Make sure the DDoS protection service you use offers detailed attack reports.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

This trend is particularly vital for core workloads, as enterprises seek faster data access and lower latency. Data Breaches Data breaches frequently occur due to exploited vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure or applications. Provide ongoing training for individuals involved in setup and maintenance.

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