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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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DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

The Hacker News

The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This surge in cyber attacks coincided

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BrandPost: DDos Extortion Takes VoIP Providers Offline

CSO Magazine

This is clearly seen in their targeting of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, as highlighted in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report. Attackers know bringing down VoIP providers that service a large number of customers causes a lot of pain and therefore is ripe for extortion. Why target VoIP providers?

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Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era madhav Tue, 09/12/2023 - 05:15 Telecommunications firms have always faced a unique set of security challenges. IoT devices have a history of being the targets of botnet recruitment and engines for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 261

Security Affairs

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The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. For instance, malicious actors can use malware to enslave exposed IoT devices into a botnet and launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. But that’s not digital attackers’ primary motivation for targeting medical IoT-or IoMT.

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Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive madhav Thu, 05/23/2024 - 05:16 Our recently released 2024 Data Threat Report showed a direct correlation between compliance and cyber security outcomes. 84% of organizations that failed a compliance audit reported having a data breach in their history.