Beware bad passwords as attackers co-opt Linux servers into cybercrime
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:50:32 +0000
Did you prevent password-only logins on your SSH servers? On ALL of them? Are you sure about that?
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Recent Teams, Office outages were caused by cyberattacks: Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that recent outages to its popular services, including Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and cloud computing platform Azure, were caused by a DDoS attack by a threat actor that the company tracks as Storm-1359.
Also known as Anonymous Sudan, Storm-1359 was first detected in January, targeting organizations and government agencies with DDoS attacks and efforts to exfiltrate data. The threat actor was initially assumed to be a “hacktivist” group protesting a controversial outfit at the Melbourne Fashion Week but has since been linked to the Russian state, according to several media reports.
S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cybercriminal? [Audio + Text]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:43:50 +0000
Latest episode – listen now!
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:43:50 +0000
Latest episode – listen now!
Read moreFake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals
Categories: News Tags: NCA Tags: national crime agency Tags: DDoS Tags: distributed denial of service Tags: booter Tags: underground The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online. |
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Read moreCops use fake DDoS services to take aim at wannabe cybercriminals
Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:58:35 +0000
Thinking of trying a bit of DDoSsing to get a feel for life at the fringes of the Dark Side? Don’t do it!
Read moreKillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks
Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000
KillNet, a group that the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has called pro-Russia hacktivists, has been launching waves of attacks targeting governments and companies with focus on the healthcare sector. In this blog post, we provide an overview of the DDoS attack landscape against healthcare applications hosted in Azure over three months.
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Read moreBlackCat ransomware targets another healthcare facility
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Lehigh Valley Health Network Tags: LVHN Tags: BlackCat Tags: ALPHV Tags: Noberus Tags: ransomware Tags: leak site Tags: DDoS The Lehigh Valley Health Network stated it was the target of a cybersecurity attack by a ransomware gang known as BlackCat |
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Read more2022 in review: DDoS attack trends and insights
Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000
With DDoS attacks becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and inexpensive to launch, it’s important for organizations of all sizes to be proactive and stay protected. In this blog, we detail trends and insights into DDoS attacks we observed and mitigated throughout 2022.
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Read moreKillNet hits healthcare sector with DDoS attacks
Categories: Cybercrime Categories: News Tags: KillNet Tags: CISA Tags: DDoS Tags: HC3 According to CISA, the pro-Russian KillNet group is actively targeting the US and European healthcare sectors with DDoS attacks. |
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