Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Ecuador suffered 40 million cyber attacks on websites of public institutions since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In response to the arrest acktivist communities launched several attacks against the Ecuador government. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Web security has become one of the hottest topics of the past few years, with cyber attacks originating in many forms. In 2014 alone, we had the Snapchat hack, Heartbleed, Shellshock, SoakSoak and many other attacks (you can learn more about each of them here ). Have a Paypal account and a target? It’s that easy.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2020

Revista Factum was under prolonged cyber attacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The intense cyber attacks in October last year, cost the news site almost a week’s downtime. The attacks were part of a wider campaign to discredit the media. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Group-IB has estimated that crypto exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks between 2017 and 2018. For instance, cyber criminals targeted TON project, founded by Pavel Durov, through phishing and managed to steal $35,000 in Ethereum. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Massive DDoS attack brought down 25% Iranian Internet connectivity. The number of cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco is increasing. A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns. The cyber attack against Austrias foreign ministry has ended.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2019

The American hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld (34) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out DDoS attacks against two healthcare organizations in the US in 2014. The DDoS attack was launched to authorities, the DDoS attack aimed at the hospital was powered by tens of thousands of bots.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2019

DISCLOSURE OF COMPANY FACILITATING MASSIVE CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST MORE THAN 20 REGIME CRITICAL PHILIPPINE WEBSITES DISCLOSURE OF COMPANY FACILITATING MASSIVE CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST MORE THAN 20 REGIME CRITICAL PHILIPPINE WEBSITES. Daily attacks. Qurium, who hosted many of the target sites, was also attacked.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. US Railroad firm RailWorks discloses a data breach after a ransomware attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Researchers at Malwarebytes are monitoring the evolution of the ElectrumDoSMiner DDoS botnet that reached 152,000 infected hosts. MalwareBytes researchers are closely monitoring attacks against users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet, in particular, the evolution of the Electrum DDoS botnet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily. Imperva mitigated DDoS attack generated 500 Million Packets per Second, the largest ever. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

.” The expert observed a large number of HTTP POST requests being sent by the same IP address as part of a widespread cyber-attack. The requests were used by the attackers to download a Perl script to launch the Shellbot backdoor that leverages an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel as C&C. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2018

US ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) open to cyber attacks. US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage. Law enforcement take down 15 DDoS-for-Hire services. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“We are absolutely committed to ensuring UK academia is as safe as possible from cyber threats, and will not hesitate to act when that threat evolves.”. This summer the NCSC investigated an increased number of cyber attacks on universities, schools, and colleges, most of them were hit with ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2018

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

Demonstration in front of the National CERT of Philippines for failing to act on cyber attacks targeting regime critical media and civil society organizations. Since the attacks only target regime critical sources, they are likely to be politically motivated and perhaps even state supported. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, in late 2013 and January 2014, we observed higher-than-normal activity in Ukraine by the Turla APT group, as well as a spike in the number of BlackEnergy APT sightings. On the very first day of the conflict (February 24, 2022), a massive wave of indiscriminate pseudo-ransomware and wiper attacks hit Ukrainian entities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced Russian-Owned Company. China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors. CyrusOne, one of the major US data center provider, hit by ransomware attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

The research aims to raise awareness and visibility of how cyber attackers are targeting the black community, as well as offer practical recommendations to help African Americans combat the threats they face as a result of systemic racism. DDoS attacks are an issue. Cyberattacks increase after major racial incidents.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Duke-Cohan sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and DDoS. A new variant of Shamoon was uploaded to Virus Total while Saipem was under attack. Cyber attack hit the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A new Adwind variant involved in attacks on US petroleum industry. Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 after cyber attack. Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 Million after cyber attack. 6 cyber-espionage campaigns since 2013 attributed to PKPLUG China-linked group.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

. · Firefox DoS issue crashes the browser and sometimes the Windows OS. · Akamai Report: Credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat. · Bitcoin Core Team fixes a critical DDoS flaw in wallet software. · SHEIN Data breach affected 6.42 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

German firms BASF, Siemens, Henkel hit by cyber attacks. Imperva blocked the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack it has ever seen. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2019

A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers infrastructure. · The operator of DDoS-for-hire service pleads guilty. · Annual RSA Conference Exclusive 2019 Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine is arrived. Threat actors using FrameworkPOS malware in POS attacks. SLUB Backdoor leverages GitHub and Slack in targeted attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry was the victim of a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by a foreign state due to its level of sophistication. ” Media pointed out that the attack took place on the same day Austria’s Green party backed forming a coalition with conservatives. Major cyber ??attacks

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. As most of us know, IoT devices are on the rise in enterprise networks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

While such an attack is relatively massive, it is no longer uncommon or unexpected. . Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three avenues of attacks will continue growing rapidly over the coming year. Regulatory Efforts Will Increase. About the author: Matt Burke.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. Erin: What are some of the biggest cyber threats that businesses face today? What drew you to this field?

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A recent report from PandaLabs suggests that “there were twice as many malware infections in 2014 compared to 2013” and that 2015 could be even worse. Today’s attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and a simple malware injection can compromise your entire database.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. A few years ago, a group of attackers used the Trojan to deploy SCADA-related plugins against victims in energy and ICS/SCADA networks in Ukraine and around the world.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since then, several pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine hacktivist groups have conducted a series of cyber attacks to disrupt their adversaries. Most of the observed attacks were crowdsourced distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, website defacements, and data destruction operations.

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