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DDoS attacks in Q1 2022

SecureList

The DDoS landscape in Q1 2022 was shaped by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine: a significant part of all DDoS-related news concerned these countries. In mid-January, the website of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko was hit by a DDoS attack, and the websites of a number of Ukrainian ministries were defaced. News overview.

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Bot list with Telnet credentials for more than 500,000 servers and IoT devices leaked online

Security Affairs

According to ZDNet that first published the news, the list was leaked on a popular hacking forum by the operator of a DDoS booter service. The list appears to be the result of an Internet scan for devices using default credentials or easy-to-guess passwords. ” reported ZDNet.

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Rogue Waves: Preparing the Internet for the Next Mega DDoS Attack

Threatpost

Why many attack techniques can be reused – but organizations can't defend against them.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Randy Raw

SecureWorld News

Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. Answer: I was a systems/network admin for several years when the internet was young and mostly benign. Answer: The day SQL slammer took down our entire state network with a very small number of old systems using a DDoS attack. Get to know Randy Raw.

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The pros and cons of SOAR explained

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Perry Carpenter of KnowBe4, writes that with the FBI reporting an increase of 300,000 in internet crime complaints in 2020, SOAR tools can strike a nice balance between automation and human analysis. Bear in mind that SOAR requires a mix of technologies and tools that deliver the capabilities the infosec team requires.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. In addition to DDoS attacks, it has added spam and calls to clients and partners of the victim company to its toolbox. Local threats.

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Top 5 Cybersecurity and Computer Threats of 2017

NopSec

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. The attack may have approached a volume of 1.2