2023
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FYI: Intel BootGuard OEM private keys leak from MSI cyber heist
Plus: Court-ordered domain seizures of DDoS-for-hire sites Intel is investigating reports that BootGuard private keys, used to protect PCs from hidden malware, were leaked when data belonging to…
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Mirai botnet loves exploiting your unpatched TP-Link routers, CISA warns
Oracle and Apache holes also on Uncle Sam’s list of big bad abused bugs The US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is adding three more flaws…
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ThreatX strengthens API and application protection with Botnet Console and API Catalog 2.0
ThreatX announced the expansion of its platform offering with the release of a new Botnet Console and API catalog 2.0. These new dashboards, unveiled at RSA Conference 2023,…
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Akamai Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall defends organizations against DDoS attacks
Akamai launched Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall, allowing customers to define and manage their own access control lists (ACLs) while enabling greater flexibility to secure their own network edge.…
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DDoS alert traffic reaches record-breaking level of 436 petabits in one day
With over one billion websites worldwide, HTTP/HTTPS application-layer attacks have increased by 487% since 2019, with the most significant surge in the second half of 2022, according to…
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DDoS DNS attacks are old-school, unsophisticated … and they’re back
So why would you handle them on your own? Sponsored Feature Ransomware may currently be the biggest bogeyman for cybersecurity pros, law enforcement, and governments, but it…
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Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it’s certified
Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed Devices used in critical infrastructure are riddled with vulnerabilities that can cause denial of service, allow…
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Exfiltration malware takes center stage in cybersecurity concerns
While massive public data breaches rightfully raise alarms, the spike in malware designed to exfiltrate data directly from devices and browsers is a key contributor to continued user…
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Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing
Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause Emotet is back. After another months-long lull since a spate of attacks in November 2022, the notorious malware operation…
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Russian hacktivists DDoS hospitals, with pathetic results
Not that we’re urging them to try harder or anything A series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down nine Danish hospitals’ websites for a few hours on Sunday,…