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DDOS downs New Zealand stock exchange for third consecutive day
So much for NZ as the last refuge of civilisation New Zealand’s stock exchange (NZX) has closed for a third day thanks to a DDOS attack.…
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Forget your space-age IT security systems. It might just take a $1m bribe and a willing employee to be pwned
Russian charged with trying to bung staffer cash to infect own bosses’ network during DDoS distraction A Russian citizen is accused of flying to America to bribe a…
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New Zealand stock exchange halted by cyber-attack
Relatively simple DDoS attacks knocked trading offline on Tuesday and Wednesday, NZX says.
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New attack vectors make securing virtual companies even more challenging
As organizations are settling into long-term remote working, new attack vectors for opportunistic cyberattackers—and new challenges for network administrators have been introduced, Nuspire reveals. Now six months into…
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Week in review: Kali Linux 2020.3, mobile security threats, ISO certs at risk of lapsing
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Updated cryptojacking worm steals AWS credentials A malicious cryptocurrency miner and DDoS worm that has…
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Fileless worm builds cryptomining, backdoor-planting P2P botnet
A fileless worm dubbed FritzFrog has been found roping Linux devices running SSH servers – corporate servers, routers and IoT devices – into a P2P botnet whose apparent…
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Updated cryptojacking worm steals AWS credentials
A malicious cryptocurrency miner and DDoS worm that has been targeting Docker systems for months now also steals Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. What’s more, TeamTNT – the…
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DDoS attacks in April, May and June 2020 double compared to Q2 2019
Findings from Link11’s H1 2020 DDoS Report reveal a resurgence in DDoS attacks during the global COVID-19 related lockdowns. In April, May and June 2020, the number of…
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New defense method enables telecoms, ISPs to protect consumer IoT devices
Instead of relying on customers to protect their vulnerable smart home devices from being used in cyberattacks, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and National University of Singapore…
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How do cybercriminals secure cybercrime?
Trend Micro unveiled new insights analyzing the market for underground hosting services and detailing how and where cybercriminals rent the infrastructure that hosts their business. Over the past…