Dark Reading

APRIL 22, 2022

Comcast Business mitigated 24,845 multi-vector DDoS attacks in 2021, a 47 percent increase over 2020.

DDOS 62

DDOS Threat Reports 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

DDoS and Web Application Attacks Retailers also face threats to their infrastructure - websites and apps - that could disrupt their business operations, leading to loss of sales and customer trust. Automation and easy access to DDoS tools have made it simpler than ever for cybercriminals to launch these attacks.

Retail 71

Retail Cyber Risk Risk DDOS 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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.

Threat Reports 77

Threat Reports IoT Telecommunications Cybersecurity 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 62

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

CSO Magazine

MAY 10, 2022

As detailed in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report , the total number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks decreased from 5.4 million DDoS attacks for all of 2021. million in the first half of 2021 to 4.4 million in the second half of the year, totaling 9.8

DDOS 84

DDOS Threat Reports 84

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 123

CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Firewall and security software vendor Palo Alto Network’s annual Ignite conference kicked off Tuesday, highlighted by several product announcements, which were unveiled alongside the company’s latest threat report.

DDOS 89

DDOS Firewall Threat Reports Ransomware 89

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

One of them is the Layer 7 (HTTP) Attack reported in the picture below documenting how this kind of malware can evade the anti-DDoS solutions like Cloudfare. The combination of more capabilities of the botnet has been well documented also by PERCH Security Threat Report who made a great analysis.

DDOS 109

DDOS IoT Advertising Penetration Testing 109

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Cloud hosting provider Swiss Cloud suffered a ransomware attack Hacking a Tesla Model X with a DJI Mavic 2 drone equipped with a WIFI dongle WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans Expert released PoC exploit for Microsoft Exchange flaw Most Common (..)

Data breaches 102

Data breaches DDOS VPN Hacking 102

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Hacking 121

Hacking Advertising Spyware Antivirus 121

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A new malicious campaign emerged last month having its focus on Docker servers that are not properly configured, being thus exposed to threats. Docker Servers Being Abused: Details A recent report from the TrendMicro researchers describes how such a cyberattack works: In the […].

Threat Reports 104

Threat Reports DDOS Cybersecurity 104

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Since the onset of the pandemic, cyberattackers have increasingly looked to leverage DNS channels to steal data, launch DDoS attacks and deploy malware—and the cost of these attacks is rising. According to IDC’s 2020 Global DNS Threat Report, the average cost of such an attack is now approaching $1 million, and impacts can range from.

DNS 52

DNS DDOS Threat Reports Malware 52

Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

When the company refused to pay the demand, their official website was downed by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, taking their website offline for several days. Screenshot of the downed Schepisi Comminication website after suffering a DDoS attack (Source: HackRead).

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Insurance DDOS Healthcare 83

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT).

Cybercrime 116

Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing Cryptocurrency 116

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 341 appeared first on Security Affairs.

Banking 75

Banking Small Business Data breaches Firmware 75

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 69

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 69

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

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. That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

Learn how Zscaler addresses the unique challenges public sector organizations face in defending against IoT threats. These families are a particularly formidable threat to the public sector — in the form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

IoT 75

IoT Malware Education Government 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In our 2018 Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , we found 50% of respondents reported a data breach this past year, so it goes without saying that the holiday shopping season is a prime time for cyber criminals to target both retailers and consumers alike. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1.

Retail 70

Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its a recognition of Impervas market-leading solutions and ability to protect customers from DDoS attacks, malicious bots, business logic abuse, and more. This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline.

InfoSec 62

InfoSec Authentication Marketing B2B 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

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.

Marketing 62

Marketing Data breaches Risk Authentication 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. As per Thales’ Data Threat Report 2022, only 56% of respondents were very confident or had complete knowledge of where their sensitive data was being stored, and only 25% of respondents said they could actually classify all of their data.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Encryption Backups Cyber Insurance 71

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its a recognition of Impervas market-leading solutions and ability to protect customers from DDoS attacks, malicious bots, business logic abuse, and more. This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Authentication Marketing Data privacy 52

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2024

They can also block malicious requests, protect against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, and serve as a first line of defense in a network security strategy. Read how the HYAS Threat Intelligence team uncovered and mitigated a Russian-based cyber attack targeting financial organizations worldwide.

DNS 64

DNS Malware Accountability Network Security 64

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Threat report export capabilities. Crowdsourced analytics show threat prevalence. IntSights Threat Intelligence Platform. IntSights – recently acquired by Rapid7 – combines threat intelligence, data and tools, helping cybersecurity professionals stop attacks faster and see a greater return on investment (ROI).

Threat Detection 126

Threat Detection Risk Firewall Cybersecurity 126

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cloudflare mitigated dozens of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks last weekend, most of them ranging from 50 to 70 million requests per second (RPS) – and the largest one exceeding 71 million RPS. DDoS attacks, on the other hand, don’t require infiltration to be effective and thus are growing in frequency and intensity.

DDOS 119

DDOS Ransomware Backups Cryptocurrency 119

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

F5 urges to address a critical flaw in BIG-IP Hello Alfred app exposes user data iLeakage attack exploits Safari to steal data from Apple devices Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps Seiko confirmed a data breach after BlackCat attack Winter Vivern APT exploited zero-day in Roundcube webmail (..)

Data breaches 127

Data breaches Artificial Intelligence DDOS Malware 127