Security Websies
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DDOS Attack Map Live: What It Shows (And Hides)
Live DDoS attack maps show global threat traffic, not your site. See what each map really measures, how to read it, and what to watch instead.
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Cloudflare partners with Booz Allen Hamilton to guide organizations under attack
Cloudflare announced a collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton to support enterprises under attack by providing expedited Under Attack as a Service (UAaaS) with 30-Day Rapid Response DDoS Mitigation,…
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Nearly 3M people hit in Harvard Pilgrim healthcare data theft
Also, TheMoon botnet back for EoL SOHO routers, Sellafield to be prosecuted for ‘infosec failures’, plus critical vulns Infosec in brief Nearly a year on from the…
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CISA: Here’s how you can foil DDoS attacks
In light of the rise of “DDoS hacktivism” and the recent DDoS attacks aimed at disrupting French and Alabama government websites, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…
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The effects of law enforcement takedowns on the ransomware landscape
While the results of law enforcement action against ransomware-as-a-service operators Alphv/BlackCat and LockBit are yet to be fully realized, the August 2023 disruption of the Qakbot botnet has…
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Akamai App & API Protector enhancements detect and mitigate short DDoS attack bursts
Akamai announced significant additions to its flagship Akamai App & API Protector product, including advanced defenses against sophisticated application-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The enhanced Layer 7 DDoS…
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That home router botnet the Feds took down? Moscow’s probably going to try again
Non-techies told to master firmware upgrades and firewall rules. For the infosec hardheads: have some IOCs Authorities from eleven nations have delivered a sequel to the January takedown…
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U.S. authorities disrupt Russian intelligence’s botnet
In January 2024, an operation dismantled a network of hundreds of SOHO routers controlled by GRU Military Unit 26165, also known as APT 28, Sofacy Group, Forest Blizzard,…
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Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers
Beijing, now Moscow.… Who else is hiding in broadband gateways? The US government today said it disrupted a botnet that Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit used for phishing…
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Fortinet’s week to forget: Critical vulns, disclosure screw-ups, and that toothbrush DDoS attack claim
An orchestra of fails for the security vendor We’ve had to write the word “Fortinet” so often lately that we’re considering making a macro just to make our…