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Unraveling the truth behind the DDoS attack from electric toothbrushes

Security Affairs

Several media reported that three million electric toothbrushes were compromised and recruited into a DDoS botnet. The Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung first published the news of a DDoS attack, carried out on January 30, that involved three million compromised electric toothbrushes. Is it true? What the f is wrong with you people????

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T-Mobile suffered a major outage in the US allegedly caused by a massive DDoS attack

Security Affairs

Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a major outage in the United States, that impacted service at other carriers, due to a “massive” DDoS attack. Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a massive DDoS attack that caused a major outage in the United States that impacted service at other carriers due to a “massive” DDoS attack.

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Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank under DDoS attack

Security Affairs

Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank reveals it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. State-owned VTB Bank, the second-largest financial institution in Russia, says it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. ” Source USnews.com.

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BrandPost: Is Your Mobile Network’s Security Always On?

CSO Magazine

5G technology has enabled and mandated new business-critical, mission-critical, and security-critical revenue-generating services. However, the benefits of 5G’s higher-speed communications come with corresponding increases in the range of threats to mobile networks. To read this article in full, please click here

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A Bluetooth Control Script for DDOS Bluetooth Devices Using L2Ping Of Death

Hacker's King

It's highly unlikely, as Bluetooth is the most commonly used technology for pairing devices. If you were born in the 90s, you may remember it as the first wireless file transfer technology for mobile phones of that era.

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Russian Bank VTB Is Currently Under the Largest Cyber Attack in Its History

Heimadal Security

VTB Bank, Russia’s second-largest financial institution, stated that it is experiencing the biggest cyberattack in its history after a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack caused its website and mobile apps to go down.

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BrandPost: 5G Expanded Services: Blessing, Threat, or Both?

CSO Magazine

DDoS activity has skyrocketed since 5G non-standalone (NSA) networks started going live, and carriers now are beginning to deploy 5G standalone (SA) networks, giving attackers an even larger attack surface with higher-value targets. But these new services also are attracting the attention of attackers.

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