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OpenSSL fixes severe DoS, certificate validation vulnerabilities
Today, the OpenSSL project has issued an advisory for two high-severity vulnerabilities CVE-2021-3449 and CVE-2021-3450 lurking in OpenSSL products. OpenSSL is a commonly used software library for building networking applications…
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Noction Intelligent Routing Platform 3.11 features the remote-triggered blackholing capability
Noction announced the release of the Noction Intelligent Routing Platform 3.11. This version focuses on the new remote-triggered blackholing feature, which allows the redirection of traffic to a…
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5G network slicing vulnerability leaves enterprises exposed to cyberattacks
AdaptiveMobile Security today publicly disclosed details of a major security flaw in the architecture of 5G network slicing and virtualized network functions. The fundamental vulnerability has the potential…
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DDoS attacks surge as cybercriminals take advantage of the pandemic
DDoS attacks reached a record high during the pandemic as cybercriminals launched new and increasingly complex attacks, a Link11 report reveals. The analysis showed a boom in DDoS…
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Now it is F5’s turn to reveal critical security bugs – and the Feds were quick to sound the alarm on these BIG-IP flaws
Remote code execution, denial of service, API abuse possible. Meanwhile, FBI pegs China for Exchange hacks Security and automation vendor F5 has warned of seven patch-ASAP-grade vulnerabilities in…
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REvil ransomware gang claims over $100 million profit in a year
REvil ransomware developers say that they made more than $100 million in one year by extorting large businesses across the world from various sectors. They are driven by…
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Insights for navigating a drastically changing threat landscape
In a recent report, Trend Micro announced it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020 as home workers and infrastructure came under new pressure from attacks. Attacks…
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DDoS attacks intensify — Driven in part by COVID-19 and 5G
Cybercriminals had a busy year in 2020, with rapidly increasing numbers of distributed denial of service (DDoS) weapons, widespread botnet activity, and some of the largest DDoS attacks…
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Extortion demands grow as cybercriminals target new online industries
There was a 154 percent increase in the number of attacks between 2019 and 2020, with growth in ransom-related DDoS (RDDoS) attacks and a rise in use of…
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Emotet botnet taken down by international police swoop
Police from the UK, EU, and North America take down a notorious cyber-crime web.