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The Gaming Industry Must Be Proactive About DDoS Attacks

SecureBlitz

This post reveals why the gaming industry must be proactive about DDoS attacks. The gaming industry has always been under siege. Think how old the term “booters” is, and the attack pace demonstrates that the complexity and scale is increasing.

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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts. Here are the key takeaways: Reflective attacks. DDoS attacks aren’t going to go away anytime soon.

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Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.

Krebs on Security

Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire businesses attempt to hide their true identities and location. com , a popular and powerful attack-for-hire service that he registered with the state of Hawaii using his real name and address. For at least a decade until late last year, Dobbs openly operated IPStresser[.]com org and ampnode[.]com

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API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The recent report, The State of API Security in 2024 , uncovers a stark reality: API-targeted attacks have surged in the past year, jeopardizing business digital assets and operations across industries. The report, compiled by Imperva , a Thales company, highlights the expanding attack surface created by the proliferation of APIs.

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API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action

Security Boulevard

The recent report, The State of API Security in 2024 , uncovers a stark reality: API-targeted attacks have surged in the past year, jeopardizing business digital assets and operations across industries. The report, compiled by Imperva , a Thales company, highlights the expanding attack surface created by the proliferation of APIs.

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982. And yet our pervasive deployment of IoT systems has also vastly expanded the cyber attack surface of business networks, especially in just the past few years. Mirai ultimately was used to carry out massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

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DDoS attacks in Q4 2021

SecureList

Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first hit the radar in July, but at the time it was little more than a simple scanner attacking Linux systems by brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting known vulnerabilities. AT&T is investigating attacks on EdgeMarc devices.

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