Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000
Amplification attacks are one of the most common distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack vectors. These attacks are typically categorized as flooding or volumetric attacks, where the attacker succeeds in generating more traffic than the target can process, resulting in exhausting its resources due to the amount of traffic it receives.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 12:55:00 +0000
The Sysrv botnet has been developing over the last years, and has become a multi-platform botnet that specializes in Monero cryptomining.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:01:46 +0000
We can’t tell which party made the first move, but both the pro-Ukraine and Russian sides have been exchanging DDoS attacks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:11:34 +0000
Along with the physical war in Ukraine there are accompanying cyberattacks, and communication lines are among the primary targets.
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Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:15:48 +0000
The Russian war against Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. This article tracks some of the related cyberattack developments as they unfold. The article is updated regularly and the most recent update was on March 18
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:38:32 +0000
Israeli government websites crashed during a short bit powerful DDoS attack.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:38:36 +0000
Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and intelligence agencies, what it was like on a typical day at the Conti office, and how Conti secured the digital weaponry used in their attacks. This final post on the Conti conversations explores different schemes that Conti pursued to invest in and steal cryptocurrencies.
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Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:04:23 +0000
A review of 15 years of activity designed to distract, confuse, deny, destablize, and divide
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:54:20 +0000
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