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The Greek government announced that a DDoScyberattack hit the official state websites of the prime minister, the national police and fire service and several important ministries. The websites involved in the attack have been already restored by the government IT staff. Pierluigi Paganini.
Cyber-attacks continue to make headlines, and wreak havoc for organizations, with no sign of abating. Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoSattacks continue to accelerate. The war in Ukraine has seen likely state-sponsored attacks using these types of DDoSattacks.
A Distributed Denial of Service attack shortly known as DDoS resulted in the disruption of internet services across New Zealand leading to shut down or temporary closure of businesses from afternoon today, i.e. September 3rd,2021. To those who are unaware of what is a DDoSattack, here’s a bit of explanation.
According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyberattacks is being witnessed year on year and the target points were mostly touted to be the organizations operating in education/research and military or government sectors.
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. Pierluigi Paganini.
A distributed denial of service attack, fondly known as DDoS, has reportedly hit North Korea in early hours of Wednesday, bringing down whole of the connectivity to a near halt. South Korea launched the attack in retaliation for the Kim Jong Un’s fifth missile test conducted a few days ago.
Iran comes under cyber-attack again, a massive offensive brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet. Iran infrastructures are under attack, a massive cyberattack brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet, according to the experts the national connectivity fell to 75%.
A cyberattack hit Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday, the offensive began at 7:24 a.m. The Associated Press reported that the attack disabled a router, causing system malfunctions and suspending ticket sales for Thursday departures. and impacted internal and external systems. Kyodo News reported that Japan Post Co.
The Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a massive and prolonged Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, Qurium organizations linked it to the local government. For the past three weeks, the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a heavy and sustained DDoSattack.
Government institutions in Bulgaria have been hit by a cyberattack during the weekend, experts believe it was launched by Russian threat actors. The infrastructure of government institutions in Bulgaria has been hit by a massive DDoSattack. — Ivan Geshev (@IvanGeshevPG) October 15, 2022.
Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods. Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure – the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web.
(USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups, they’re leveraging current geopolitical tensions between the Ukraine and Russia to perform cyber-attacks. The actors are positioning themselves as an elite cyber offensive group targeting NATO infrastructure and performing cyberespionage to steal sensitive data.
A cyberattack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders. The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyberattack hit its infrastructure. The post New Zealand central bank hit by a cyberattack appeared first on Security Affairs.
A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users and websites. The user interface for Downthem[.]org. Charles, Ill.
Technion University, one of the top technology schools in Israel, has issued a press update that most of its systems were targeted by a ransomware attack and it could be the work of the DarkBit hacking group, a gang that is opposing the government policies of Israel. TB from the servers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The government of Lithuania announced on Monday that it had been hit by an “intense” cyberattack, likely launched from Moscow, days after the Russian government protested restrictions Vilnius imposed on the rail transit of certain goods to Kaliningrad. which was one of the 1st targets of the new campaign.
Austria’s foreign ministry announced that the cyberattack against its systems, allegedly carried by a state actor has ended. This week, the Austrian foreign ministry announced that the cyberattack against its systems has ended. Major cyber ??attacks Pierluigi Paganini.
Retaliating this move, Kremlin might have thought to take vengeance through cyber-attacks against the west and the first nation to be targeted was Germany. The post Russia starts cyberattacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.
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About 3,000 attacks were launched on the infrastructure between May 11 to May 21, and this includes the attack launched on the voting system of the Eurovision Song Contest that witnessed Ukraine winning the competition on a high note. NOTE -Anonymous has also warned the Chinese government about launching any kind of war on Taiwan.
The Belgian interior ministry was targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Belgian interior ministry was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber-espionage attack, the news was confirmed by a spokesman to RTBF public television on Tuesday.
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Foremost is the cyberattack that hit a third party IT service provider that operates most of the websites of government agencies related to New Zealand. Second is the news related to Russia’s VTB Bank that has made it official that it was suffering from a cyberattack.
Ecuador suffered 40 million cyberattacks 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. after Ecuador withdrew asylum after seven years. Pierluigi Paganini.
Highly placed sources say that the attack was a large scale sophisticated attack that hit Belnet that offers internet services to many of the government agencies and private entities across the country in the Western Europe. The post DDoSAttack on Belgium Parliament and Universities appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.
An overseas distributed denial of service attack aka Ddos targeted the website of Taiwan’s Presidential Office disrupting its normal operations for about 30-40 minutes. However, the IT staff of the government were quick enough to recover from the incident as they already had recovery measures in place, if/when such incidents occur.
Usatyuk developed and operated other DDoS-for-hire services with a co-conspirator between August 2015 and November 2017. The list of illegal DDoS-for-hire services operated by the man includes ExoStress.in (“ ExoStresser ”), QuezStresser.com, Betabooter.com (“ Betabooter ”), Databooter.com, Instabooter.com, Polystress.com, and Zstress.net.
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Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyberattacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacksattacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
A series of DDoSattacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. The Romanian national cyber security and incident response team, DNSC, warns of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting government websites. Pierluigi Paganini.
Norway’s National Security Authority (NSM) confirmed that a DDoSattack took down some of the country’s most important websites. NSM did not explicitly attribute the attacks to a threat actor, but the Pro-Russian Legion/Cyber Spetsnaz group published on its Telegram channel a list of Norwegian organizations to target.
Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoSattacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). The post These are the sources of DDoSattacks against Russia, local NCCC warns appeared first on Security Affairs.
Revista Factum was under prolonged cyberattacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The intense cyberattacks 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.
The Pro-Russia group Killnet is launching a series of DDoSattacks against the websites of US healthcare organizations and hospitals. The Pro-Russia group Killnet launched a series of DDoSattacks against US healthcare organizations and hospitals. In the last week, the pro-Russia group intensified its activity.
Estonia announced to have blocked a wave of cyberattacks conducted by Russian hackers against local institutions. Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoSattacks it has faced since 2007. The attackers also hit a logistics firm.
The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services.
South Korea’s government blames pro-Russia threat actors for an intensification of cyberattacks on national sites after it decided to monitor North Korean troops in Ukraine. Seoul observed an increase in the attacks since North Korea sent troops to Russia. Some websites experienced temporary outages, but no major damage occurred.
Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO servers, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. The attack was confirmed by NATO, while the hacker group announced the attack on its Telegram Channel with the following message.
And the same satellite stopped working from last week that matches with the day; the Russian government launched a battle to take control of Kyiv. The post Russia now launches cyberattacks on Satellites appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.
Killnet hacking group of Russia is suspected to have disrupted around 20 government websites related to the Japanese government. According to an update released by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, a foreign interference is suspected behind the attack.
Anonymous and numerous hacker groups linked to the popular collective continue to launch cyberattacks against Russian and Belarussian government organizations and private businesses. However, a cyberattack announced today by the Anonymous-linked group Network Battalion 65 could have serious consequences.
Ukraine ‘s government accused unnamed Russian traffic networks as the source of massive attacks on Ukrainian security and defense websites. Today Ukraine accused unnamed Russian internet networks of massive attacks that targeted Ukrainian security and defense websites. ” reported The Reuters agency.
A cyberattack started targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) on Wednesday night, reported the Croatian Radiotelevision. A cyberattack began targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), the largest Croatian hospital, on Wednesday night, according to a report by Croatian Radiotelevision.
The European Union and the United States have officially attributed a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to Russian threat actors, which targeted the KA-SAT satellite network operated by Viasat in Ukraine earlier this year. Both the U.S. praise Ukraine for their efforts throughout this incredibly challenging time.
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