2022
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Cybercriminals are using bots to deploy DDoS attacks on gambling sites
Imperva releases data showing that 25% of all gambling sites were hit with DDoS attacks executed by botnets in June. As the Wimbledon tennis tournament began at the…
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Google blocks third record-breaking DDoS attack in as many months
46 million requests per second network flood comes as attacks increase by more than 200% compared to last year Google says it has blocked the largest ever HTTPS-based…
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Palo Alto bug used for DDoS attacks and there’s no fix yet
There goes the weekend… A high-severity Palo Alto Networks denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability has been exploited by miscreants looking to launch DDoS attacks, and several of the affected products…
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NETSCOUT Arbor Insight enhances security and operational awareness for network operators
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS introduced Arbor Insight, a technology that when combined with Arbor Sightline enhances and extends threat detection, service delivery, and network operator visibility to address the evolving…
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Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminals
Nascent platform provides miscreants an easier and cheaper way to launch remote access, DDoS, and other attacks A platform that makes it easier for cyber criminals to establish…
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Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visit
Controversial visit to Taiwan continues to reverberate through cyberspace, the real world, and the semiconductor industry Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed it was hit by a DDoS…
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Akamai: We stopped record DDoS attack in Europe
A ‘sophisticated, global botnet’ held an Eastern European biz under siege over 30 days Akamai Technologies squelched the largest-ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in Europe earlier this month…
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Cyber-mercenaries for hire represent shifting criminal business model
Emerging threat group offers a broad range of attack services An emerging and fast-growing threat group is using a unique business model to offer cybercriminals a broad range…
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Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers
Can’t get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool Industrial engineers and operators are being lured into running backdoor malware disguised as tools…