NATO member Lithuania is under attack from Russian hacking group Killnet. It raises serious concerns over Russia’s use of cyber warfare against NATO states.
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Five Ways the Gaming & Gambling Industry is Targeted by Bad Bots
by Erez Hasson •
Let’s play a game of chance: What are the odds that your gaming website is being targeted by bad bots? Imperva research suggests they’re higher than you may think. Imperva’s 2022 Bad Bot Report reveals that 53.9 percent of traffic to gaming and gambling websites comes from bad bots. With the remarkable volume of transactions […]
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Exploits, Global Security News
Chinese Hackers Using Greyware Tool To DoS Against Mobile Phones
by BALAJI N •
The Chinese hacking group known as Tropic Trooper was attributed to a new campaign discovered by cybersecurity researchers at CheckPoint. In this case, a new variant of the Yahoyah trojan is being used along with a new loader called Nimbda. In addition…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
The Security Vulnerabilities of Third-Party Collaboration Tools
by Eva Abergel •
How many of you still participate in-person meetings on a daily basis? If this question was asked before the beginning of 2020, it would have raised several eyebrows. Our working days prior to the pandemic were often filled with face-to-face meetings….
Security Vendor News
Natural Language Processing and “Mindful” AI Drive More Sophisticated Bad Bot Attacks
by Oren Gravier •
The evolution from human to bot attacks Over the last several years of my career in cyber security, I have been fortunate to work with professionals who researched and developed new cyber security detection and prevention solutions that block high-end cyber attacks. Initially, these attacks were driven by humans and later by sophisticated bad bots. […]
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Global Security News, North America
After being breached once, many companies are likely to be hit again
by Help Net Security •
Cymulate announced the results of a survey, revealing that two-thirds of companies who have been hit by cybercrime in the past year have been hit more than once, with almost 10% experiencing 10 or so more attacks a year. Research taken from 858 securit…
Security Vendor News
Four Key Findings from the 2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report
by Bruce Lynch •
For the ninth year, Imperva is proud to sponsor CyberEdge Group’s annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. In this report, CyberEdge Group delivers a detailed accounting of how IT security professionals perceive cyberthreats today and reveals actionable insights into how they plan to defend their enterprises against them. To develop these findings, CyberEdge Group surveyed 1,200 IT […]
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Exploits, Global Security News
On-Demand DDoS Protection vs. Always-on DDoS Protection: Which is Best?
by PricillaWhite •
Is a website slow because of a poor internet connection or is the traffic overwhelmed because of a cyberattack? In recent years, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) has become one of the most concerning attacks for businesses. Hackers can use DDoS to …
Exploits, Global Security News
26 Million Request Per Second DDoS Attack Detected – Largest HTTPS DDoS Ever Recorded
by GURUBARAN S •
For the protection of Cloudflare customers last week, Cloudflare assessed 26 million requests per second and mitigated the attacks as part of a DDoS attack mitigation strategy. While this DDoS attack has been registered as the largest HTTPS DDoS …
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DDoS-for-hire service which bombarded websites with attacks earns man two years in prison
by Graham Cluley •
The US authorities have sentenced a man to 24 months in a federal prison after he was found to have run a DDoS-for-hire service that knocked websites off the internet.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Q1 2022 DDoS and Application Attack Activity: An Overview
by Pascal Geenens •
The cybersecurity threat landscape in the first quarter of 2022 represented a mix bag of old enemies and new foes. New actors dominated the DDoS threat landscape while application security faced tried-and-true attack vectors. These attacks were largel…
Global Security News, North America
Ransomware attacks setting new records
by Help Net Security •
Zscaler released the findings of its annual ThreatLabz Ransomware Report, which revealed an 80 percent increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year. In 2022, the most prevalent ransomware trends include double-extortion, supply chain attacks, ransomwa…
Global Security News, North America
DDoS threats growing in sophistication, size, and frequency
by Help Net Security •
Corero Network Security has published the latest edition of its annual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report that compiles the trends, observations, predictions, and recommendations based on DDoS attacks against Corero customers during 2021. The report, now …
Security Vendor News
Hacktivists Expanding DDoS Attacks as Part of International Cyber Warfare Strategy
by Bruce Lynch •
In April 2022 it was reported that pro-Russian hacktivist group, KILLNET, carried out a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of websites including the United Nations (UN), The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) an organization founded in Finland, and other European sites in Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, German, Poland, […]
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Radware Mitigates 1.1Tbps DDoS Attack
by Ilan Meller •
As more businesses migrate critical resources and applications to the public cloud, attackers are adapting their tactics and techniques to match the scale of public cloud providers. Last week, this trend played out as reality for one of the world’s la…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Evasive Bots Drive Online Fraud – 2022 Imperva Bad Bot Report
by Erez Hasson •
The 2022 Imperva Bad Bot Report is now available. The report is the ninth annual in-depth analysis of bot traffic, created with data collected from Imperva’s global network throughout the past year by the Imperva Threat Research Team. Bad bots are soft…
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Russian cyber attack on Eurovision foiled by Italian authorities
by Graham Cluley •
If pro-Russian hackers had had their way, the Eurovision Song Contest could have been disrupted, potentially preventing the broadcast from being seen or meddling with the vote.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Global Security News, North America
Why are DDoS attacks so easy to launch and so hard to defend against?
by Help Net Security •
DDoS attacks are an underappreciated residual risk for most organizations today. While most people are concerned about ransomware, it typically takes a ransomware attacks months to develop, whereas DDoS attacks are very sudden and may result in a compl…
Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Malicious Life Podcast: How to Russia-Proof Your Democracy
by Malicious Life Podcast •
In 2007, Estonia–then already a technologically advanced country–suffered a large-scale DDoS attack which crippled many organizations and digital services. Joseph Carson, a Security Scientist and adviser to several governments discusses the le…
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Smashing Security podcast #273: Password blips, and who’s calling the airport?
by Graham Cluley •
We find out why calls to Dublin airport’s noise complaints line have soared, and Carole quizzes Graham to celebrate World Password Day.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast, with compu…
Europe, Global Security News, North America, Vulnerabilities
Ukraine Beats Russia in Cyberwarfare — at ‘Unprecedented Scale’
by Richi Jennings •
Russia is attacking Ukraine with cyberattacks and psyops. But the scale is pathetic and Ukraine is fighting back—hard.
The post Ukraine Beats Russia in Cyberwarfare — at ‘Unprecedented Scale’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Global Security News, North America
Multi-vector DDoS attacks on the rise, attackers indiscriminate and persistent
by Help Net Security •
Comcast Business published results from a report which provides an overview of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack landscape, trends experienced by its customers and insights for measuring and mitigating risks. The report found that multi-v…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
How to protect against the weakest link in cybersecurity – THE USERS
by Ami Barayev •
Cyberattacks continue to grow year over year. An astounding 5,126,930,507 breached records in 2021 represent an 11% increase in security incidents compared to 2020, based on IT governance analysis. Security professionals are in a constant battle to imp…
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Ukraine’s postal service prints stamp mocking sunken Russian ship, and gets hit by DDoS attack
by Graham Cluley •
Someone isn’t happy that Ukraine’s post office has issued stamps mocking the sunken Russian navy flagship.
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Top 10 Node.Js Security Best Practices
by News team •
Best Security Practices in Nodejs By Harikrishna Kundariya, CEO, eSparkBiz Node.js is one of the most popular frameworks […]
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19
by Radware •
Pascal Geenens and Daniel Smith discuss recent and notable security events like the Russian/Ukrainian cyber conflict.
The post Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19 appeared first on Radware Blog.
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Three Ways IP Data Enhances Cyber Security
by News team •
By Jonathan Tomek, VP of Research and Development, Digital Envoy Cyber security professionals were never worry-free; there are […]
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Global Security News, North America
DDoS attacks becoming larger and more complex, finance most targeted sector
by Help Net Security •
Distributed Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks decreased slightly in 2021 but are becoming larger and more complex in nature, an analysis from F5 has found. Data showed a 3% year-on-year decline in the overall volume of attacks recorded in 2021. However,…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
DDoS Protection in the Age of 5G Networks, Edge Computing and Explosive Bandwidth Growth
by Shai Haim •
Service providers need a DDoS security solution to support new infrastructure innovations while overcoming the explosive growth in DDoS attack intensity and sophistication of phantom flood attacks.
The post DDoS Protection in the Age of 5G Networks, E…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Executive Order Instructs Certain Organizations to Improve Their Cybersecurity Stance
by News team •
Financial Institutions Should Boost Their Efforts to Thwart Cyberattacks By Bob Thibodeaux, Chief Information Security Officer, DefenseStorm Consumer […]
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Five Requirements for Protecting APIs Against Attacks
by Suzanne Ciccone •
API security is not a new problem; APIs and their vulnerabilities have been around a long time. What is new is the volume of APIs that are now being created at lightning speeds. Thanks to this staggering increase in adoption, security is struggling to …
Global Security News, North America
Cybercriminals launched 9.75 million DDoS attacks in 2021
by Help Net Security •
During the second half of 2021, cybercriminals launched approximately 4.4 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, bringing the total number of DDoS attacks in 2021 to 9.75 million, a NETSCOUT report reveals. These attacks represent a 3% d…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Are You Prepared for the New Normal of Jekyll and Hyde Data?
by News team •
An organization’s data and secrets are simultaneously its greatest assets and its greatest risks. By Howard Ting, CEO, […]
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Global Security News, North America
Top 5 myths businesses believe about bots
by Help Net Security •
Netacea announced the results from a new report showing that most businesses do not fully understand the threat bots pose, leaving those organizations vulnerable to threats. The report surveyed 440 businesses across the travel, entertainment, eCommerce…
Global Security News, North America
Malicious web application requests skyrocketing, bad actors stealthier than ever before
by Help Net Security •
Radware released report findings which underscore 2021 as the year of the web application attack. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of malicious web application requests climbed 88%, more than double the year-over-year growth rate in distributed denial…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
3 Cybersecurity Certainties for 2022
by News team •
By Bill Moore, XONA As businesses transitioned to hybrid work models in 2021, critical integrations between IT and […]
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Global Security News, North America
War in Ukraine: What type of cyber attacks can we expect next?
by Zeljka Zorz •
The cyber activities related to the ongoing war in Ukraine have run the gamut from wiper malware hitting organizations and the border control in Ukraine, DDoS attacks aimed at government and media websites, and cyber disruption of satellite-based inter…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
2021 Cyberthreat Retrospective and Why It Was a Bumpy Ride
by Pascal Geenens •
2021 was the year where Ransom DoS confirmed its pervasive presence in the DDoS threat landscape.
The post 2021 Cyberthreat Retrospective and Why It Was a Bumpy Ride appeared first on Radware Blog.
The post 2021 Cyberthreat Retrospective and Why It W…
Exploits, Global Security News
Similarities and Difference Between Ransomware and DDoS Extortion Attacks
by Anupama Mukherjee •
Cybercriminals leverage multiple methods to bring financial gain. Most of the ways are based on infiltrating an organization’s network and gaining unauthenticated access, which will lead to disruption in their operations. This can be achieved by …
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime
by BrianKrebs •
Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and inte…