Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2 In one week, the Scientology website is hit with 500 DDoS attacks. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Penetration testing is a similar approach, but typically involves teams of security pros attempting to simulate a cyber attack to identify weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers. Threats such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting ( XSS ) attacks can be minimized with techniques such as input sanitization.

Mobile 98

Mobile Computers and Electronics Risk DDOS 98

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

DDoS (denial-of-service attack) – a type of a cyber attack which makes the site user wants to visit unusable by flooding it with malicious traffic. Account Hijacking – a type of identity theft, when a hacker hacks and steals someone’s account to perform malicious actions.

Passwords 40

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. And there are even more specialized products such as DDoS attacks, email databases, and malware. DDoS Attacks. A distributed denial of service attack brings a website down by overloading its traffic with false traffic.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. They can be used to launch spam emails and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, leveraging hundreds of thousands of compromised computers.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. They can be used to launch spam emails and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, leveraging hundreds of thousands of compromised computers.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

A data breach could result in the disclosure of this information to hackers who may then commit identity theft, fraud or other illicit activities. This includes determining the weak points in network infrastructure like unprotected communication channels or outdated software that can be a point of entry for cyber-attacks.

IoT 70

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