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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Bitglass Security Spotlight: A Record-Breaking Botnet, Ransomware Worries, and an International Data Breach

Security Boulevard

ris Botnet Breaks DDoS Record Targeting Russian Internet Giant Yandex. Groove Ransomware Group Leaks Credentials of 87,000 FortiGate SSL VPN Devices. Microsoft Fixes Vulnerabilities in Azure Allowing Hackers to Execute Code and Gain Data in Customer Containers. Here are the top security stories from recent weeks: .

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Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool

Security Affairs

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.” ” continues the report.

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Consumer cyberthreats: predictions for 2024

SecureList

Internet segmentation Amid growing geopolitical tensions, some web resources have blocked users from certain countries and regions. There are two main reasons for that: political pressure and DDoS attacks. In the other case, organizations use geofencing to protect their resources from DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 269

Security Affairs

Maze ransomware gang hacked M&A firm Threadstone Advisors LLP Ransomware attack disrupts operations at Australian beverage company Lion Tech firms suspend use of ‘biased facial recognition technology Accessories giant Claires is the victim of a Magecart attack, credit card data exposed Black Kingdom ransomware operators exploit Pulse VPN flaws (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

fitness chains Town Sports leaked online Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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5 Signs a Cyberattack Is Under Way and 5 Things You Need to Do Before It Happens

Adam Levin

Most likely you didn’t pause before you clicked, and got phished or compromised in some other way–possibly by an internet of things device connected to your home network. Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a very likely mode of attack. Tip: Back up everything (for more, see below). Your Finances Glitch.

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