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GUEST ESSAY: How amplified DDoS attacks on Ukraine leverage Apple’s Remote Desktop protocol

The Last Watchdog

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 DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. DDoS attacks have long been a favorite tactic of bad actors for disruption.

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A 50% increase in cyber attacks year on year

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyber attacks 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.

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VOIP Services hit by DDoS attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

A Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) attack was launched on Canada-based VOIP services provided named VoIP.ms, disrupting its phone calls and other of its web services. are working all day long to recover from the digital attack variant and are sure that the services will be brought back to life by this weekend.

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How Data Visualization Helps Prevent Cyber Attacks

Centraleyes

Lets explore some notable use cases: Incident Response: A multinational company faced a ransomware attack that encrypted a portion of its servers. For instance: Heatmaps can visualize areas of high activity that may indicate a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

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Experts warn of surge in DDoS attacks targeting education institutions

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. were victims of ransomware attacks this year.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

London based Giant Group has confirmed that its IT infrastructure was suffering repercussions gained through a cyber attack on September 24th,2021 and all its phone, email and other payroll related servers were facing digital disruption.

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October Mumbai power outage may have been caused by a cyber attack

Security Affairs

.” The media outlet speculate that the attacks were carried out by financially-motivated foreign hackers that launched multiple attacks against the Indian utilities, including phishing campaigns, ransomware and DDoS attacks, and BGP hijacking. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, power grid).