Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Introduction to DDoS Threats An understanding of DDoS threats begins with understanding the basics of DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks are coordinated attempts to flood a network or service with excessive traffic, causing disruption or complete unavailability.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

But small business cyberattack examples abound, defying the misconception that SMBs are safe from cyberthreats. Misconceptions About Cybersecurity Threats for Small Businesses. Another common misconception is that a website hosting provider will defend against cybersecurity threats to small businesses.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords. He is currently housed in a federal prison in Michigan, serving the final stretch of a 60-month sentence.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Are the DDoS and the fire linked?

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

If an employee is tricked by a malicious link in a phishing email, they might unleash a ransomware attack on their small business. Once access is gained, ransomware quickly locks down business computers as it spreads across a network. Until a ransom is paid, businesses will be unable to access critical files and services.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

CISA adds Multiple Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server, Microsoft Windows Win32k, and Progress WhatsUp Gold flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

For several years, conventional wisdom said small businesses were either easy pickings, cybersecurity-wise, or off cybercriminals’ radars, since larger corporations represented more lucrative targets. In 2016, more than 60 percent of attacks targeted small businesses. DDoS Attacks Will Become More Common.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Mirai then carried out a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that knocked down Twitter, Netflix, PayPal and other major web properties. I asked Hanna about what individual citizens and small business owners can do, and he indicated that staying generally informed should be enough.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

Cisco Small Business routers vulnerable to remote attacks, won’t get a patch. Largest DDoS attack ever reported gets hoovered up by Cloudflare. Cars and hospital equipment running Blackberry QNX may be affected by BadAlloc vulnerability. Beware of COVID Pass scams. T-Mobile customers, change your PINs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 23, 2022

Coming to the cyber attack variants, over 55% of the registered attacks were of malware variant, while 40% were related to ransomware and 32% of Ddos. Interestingly, the survey also found businesses reacting differently when targeted by cyber attacks. While 1% of them emerged via insider threats.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

While large-scale attacks on enterprise organizations are the most widely publicized, small businesses can be just as vulnerable and targeted by cybercriminals. In fact, nearly 60% of small businesses have reported being a victim of a cyberattack. DDoS Attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

The additional result of these hacks include: •51% had their information phished •43% had credit card information stolen •35% had their username and password stolen •17% had their identity stolen or cloned Additionally, the study found that a large majority of Americans (75%) harbor genuine concerns about visiting websites that do not look secure.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Website security protects your website from: DDoS attacks. Cyberattacks can cost small businesses as much as $427 per minute of downtime – by contrast, SiteLock customers pay an average of $1-2 per day for website security. A WAF stops automated attacks that commonly target small or lesser-known websites.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

AWS quotes Reblaze pricing starting at $5,440 a month for comprehensive web application protection, including API, web application firewall and DDoS protection. AWS and Google publish BYOL infrastructure pricing. Potential customers should contact the vendor for a custom quote. However, the company does offer a free trial.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Website owners are responsible for protecting their sites from the malware and DDoS attacks that can harm their business. SiteLock solutions protect your website by looking for and removing malware , scanning for vulnerabilities that can lead to malware infections, and blocking DDoS attacks that could slow or crash your site.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cloudflare also stands out with ZTNA by default, IoT Isolation, and automated traffic controls and anti-DDoS capabilities. Small businesses with under 50 people, organizations with a small number of remote employees (manufacturing, hospitals, etc.),

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

Touro College Illinois lists the best cybersecurity practices businesses should consider adopting. These practices will prevent leakware attacks, but they can also help enterprises avoid other common cybersecurity issues, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS), man in the middle (MitM), SQL, and password hacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

When selecting a cyber insurer, organizations should consider a number of different factors, including the financial stability of the vendor, the type of coverage provided (such as breaches, ransomware, DDoS attacks and regulatory compliance ), and the cost. Some also have partnerships with key cybersecurity vendors that might be helpful.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A brute-force attack is a type of DDoS attack used to calculate every possible combination that could make up a password and testing it to see if the password is correct. Fifty percent of small businesses have been the target of a cyber attack. While Facebook and the Pentagon are ideal targets, hackers do not discriminate.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

BK: Do you see any parallels between the challenges of securing the supply chain and the challenges of getting companies to secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices so that they don’t continue to become a national security threat for just about any critical infrastructure, such as with DDoS attacks like we’ve seen over the past few years?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 25, 2019

New research has stated that the UK alone could lose £1 billion this year as a result of just Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, a type of attack that can crash a website with an overwhelming amount of fake traffic. It’s a war zone.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

The Cybercrime Support Network (CSN) is a national non-profit whose mission is to assist individuals and small business (SMB) cybercrime victims before, during, and after a cybercrime incident. These figures are only for small businesses and individuals. These figures are only for small businesses and individuals.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As time went by, and big gangs that targeted financial institutions were ambushed, Russian-speaking cybercriminals switched to other industries, attacking both large and small businesses. DDoS attacks — still in demand, albeit protection against DDoS attacks has become stronger. Cybergangs as we knew them are gone.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you are already familiar with the evolving cyber threat landscape in your home country, you’ll know that humans are often the most exploited attack vector for cybercrime, and how frequently small businesses are breached. So, how exactly are these challenges exacerbated when moving your operations beyond borders?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Before the onslaught of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday shoppers, retailers need to thoroughly review their security policies and procedures so the appropriate safeguards are in place. Putting best practices in place at the start. Waiting until an online website crashes or a data breach occurs is too late.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

Cyber attackers, fraudsters, and hackers target both small-scale, midsized, and large online ecom enterprises. . . In fact, the frequency of small businesses fraud is at 28% compared to larger organizations at 22-26%. . This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

These include: Malware Malvertising Phishing DDoS Ransomware Session hijacking Drive-by attack When Should You Do an External Vulnerability Scan? External vulnerability scans are conducted based on the size of your organization, with different frequencies for small and large enterprises.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

Firepower NGFWs provide advanced malware protection, security intelligence, sandboxing, DDoS mitigation, and a next-generation intrusion prevention system. Businesses get real-time analysis, better visibility into the network, and contextual alerts, so they can track threats through their environment. CASB Benefits.

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Zero Day

JUNE 13, 2025

Reverse proxies : Often used to thwart distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, reverse proxies act as a line of defense and a barrier between clients and end systems. Public proxies : Proxies opened up for public use. These types of proxies are often free.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 17, 2017

Sessions at the workshop are being livestreamed , and are exploring the extraterritorial application of the NIST framework, sector-specific requirements, and uses for small businesses. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss issues related to its widely used Cybersecurity Framework.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

NGFW vendors used to target the largest enterprises, but most firewalls now incorporate many NGFW capabilities because of the broad benefits that satisfy the firewall needs for most situations – even for small businesses and smaller IT teams.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Methodology For this list, we analyzed a number of penetration testing service providers, and included a range of choices to cover a wide variety of use cases, from small businesses, startups and dev teams up to complex enterprises with high security needs. See our full article on penetration testing costs.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Bogachev is accused of running the Gameover Zeus botnet , a massive crime machine of 500,000 to 1 million infected PCs that was used for large DDoS attacks and for spreading Cryptolocker — a peer-to-peer ransomware threat that was years ahead of its time. Those were always interesting conversations.

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