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DDoS attacks in Q2 2022

SecureList

Politically-motivated cyberattacks dominated the DDoS landscape in the second quarter of 2022 just as they did in the previous reporting period. The pro-Russian hacktivists Killnet, which first surfaced in January 2022, claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on the websites of various European organizations from April through June.

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Analysis of the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Report

Daniel Miessler

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. A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. Errors were causal events in 22% of breaches. The Dataviz Game on Point.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Randy Raw

SecureWorld News

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. Answer: The day SQL slammer took down our entire state network with a very small number of old systems using a DDoS attack.

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RSA USA 2017 In Review

The Falcon's View

Now that I've had a week to recover from the annual infosec circus event to end all circus events, I figured it's a good time to attempt being reflective and proffer my thoughts on the event, themes, what I saw, etc, etc, etc. the event was about a quarter of that a decade ago. good grief. Sad, but true.

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

The Conti infrastructure was shut down in late June, but some in the infosec community believe that Conti members are either just rebranding or have split up and joined other ransomware teams, including Hive, AvosLocker and BlackCat. Detailed IoT-threat statistics are published in the DDoS report for Q2 2022. Attacks via web resources.

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How security professionals will rise to the challenge of cyber defense in 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ransomware attacks may even be timed to coincide with quarterly earnings announcements or other events.”. History shows when those things happen there tends to be an event that triggers an avalanche. Infosec will dominate our lives in the tech space for the foreseeable future. Steve Cochran, CTO, ConnectWise.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about online criminal investigations conducted by someone who is inside the infosec community, and how your social media posts -- no matter how good you think you are about hiding -- can reveal a lot about your true identity. Daniel, he keeps a low profile. CLEMENS: I do.

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