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HermeticWiper: Data-wiping malware attacks Ukraine PCs

25. February 2022

ESET has published information about the current cyber attacks on Ukraine. A number of government agencies and banks there were initially paralyzed by a new wave of DDoS attacks. Cyber attacks followed with a new destructive malware called HermeticWiper. This data-deleting malicious program has infected hundreds of computers in Ukraine. ESET first discovered the malware on February 23.02.2021, 17 at around 28 p.m. local time. The malware's timestamp (December 2021, XNUMX) suggests that the attack had been in preparation for some time. In one case, the attackers apparently had access to the network...

Never before so many DDoS attacks as in the fourth quarter of 2021

21. February 2022

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DDoS attacks hit a sad all-time high in the last quarter of 2021. According to Kaspersky telemetry, the total number of DDoS attacks increased by 2021 percent compared to the third quarter of 52. This is 4,5 times higher than the same period last year. Kaspersky experts see the reasons, among other things, in the Christmas sales season and the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies. Extremely high number of DDoS attacks In a DDoS attack, cybercriminals send a large number of requests to the addressed web resource with the aim of restricting its service or temporarily paralyzing it. The attacks can last for several days and…

5 DDoS solutions in performance comparison

11. February 2022

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The cyber security provider Link11 was compared against leading international providers of DDoS solutions and emerged as the winner. The Frost & Sullivan study underlines the importance of precision and speed in defense. With comparison: Imperva, Cloudflight, Akamai and Neustar. Link11, the leading European IT security provider in the field of web server and infrastructure protection, is the only one of the leading global providers tested to offer comprehensive protection against DDoS attacks. When blocking an attack, Link11 is more than six times faster than average. This is the central result of a current study by the IT analyst firm...

ESET Security Trends 2022: Ransomware, DDoS & Co

14 January 2022

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ESET experts fear that the concentration on ransomware will encourage further attacks on less protected areas. Furthermore, ESET gives an outlook on the trends in security 2022: such as ransomware, security gaps, DDoS attacks and new climbers such as Siegeware, "Air Gap" networks and DeepFakes. If the cash registers in electrical retail stores no longer ring, vehicles cannot be registered in the road traffic department or hospitals have to turn away new patients - then a virus is usually to blame. However, this is not called Corona, but ransomware, for example, and is spreading digitally as quickly as the Omikron variant. Explosive scenario ...

DDoS attacks increased by 3 percent in Q24

13 December 2021

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Compared to the third quarter of 2020, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide increased by almost 24 percent, while the total number of smart, targeted attacks grew by 31 percent compared to the same period last year. In addition, the Kaspersky analysis shows that both bots and botnet servers are very active in Germany. Targets included pandemic control resources, government organizations, game developers, and well-known cybersecurity publications. DDoS attacks - many bots and botnet servers in Germany DDoS attacks aim to overwhelm a network server with service requests so that it ...

DDoS: Attacks in Q3 2021 - IT infrastructure providers in their sights

1 December 2021

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DDoS attacks were more dangerous than ever in the 3rd quarter of 2021. The flood of attacks was unbroken, the attacks were broad and complex. Operators of digital infrastructures were particularly targeted. Link11, the leading European IT security provider in the field of cyber resilience, has published new figures from its network on the development of the DDoS risk: The number of DDoS attacks is still at a very high level in the 3rd quarter of 2021. After an increase of 2% compared to the same period of the previous year had already shown in Q2021 19, the number of attacks rose ...

DDoS extortion campaign targets VoIP providers

26 November 2021

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Since the beginning of September 2021, several Voice-over-IP (VoIP) communication providers have been attacked by a highly effective DDoS extortion campaign. The attacks resulted in failures and disruptions in VoIP operations and services around the world. In early October, the number of DDoS extortion attacks increased worldwide, affecting both wholesale and retail VoIP providers. In these attacks, the attackers tried to put the targeted organizations under massive pressure so that they would make extortion payments in cryptocurrency in return for stopping the attacks. At this point it should be pointed out again that paying ransom is no guarantee that the attacks will stop ...

BSI warns of DDoS attacks on Black Friday & Cyber Monday

24 November 2021

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The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) expects unusually strong DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) on online platforms on the Black Friday (26.11.21/29.11.21/21,8) and Cyber Monday (28/XNUMX/XNUMX) campaign days as well as during the Christmas business . The BSI therefore advises online retailers and organizations in the e-commerce sector in particular to prepare suitable countermeasures. The BSI has published a cyber security warning for this purpose and recommends not responding to any attempts at extortion. Comment by BSI President Schönbohm “In the past few weeks we have observed DDoS attacks with up to XNUMX million requests per second (MRPS). This corresponds to an increase of XNUMX percent over before ...

Report: Attacks Exacerbate the Global Cybersecurity Crisis

13 October 2021

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Further attacks exacerbate the global cybersecurity crisis, according to the latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report. Around 2021 million DDoS attacks were recorded from January to June 5,4. That is an increase of 11% compared to the same period last year. This development could break the record from 2020, with far-reaching effects on critical Internet gateways. NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, Inc. has published results in its semi-annual Threat Intelligence Report that underscore the dramatic impact of ongoing cyberattacks on businesses, public institutions and governments around the world. In the first half of 2021, around 5,4 million DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of ...

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HermeticWiper: Data-wiping malware attacks Ukraine PCs

Never before so many DDoS attacks as in the fourth quarter of 2021

5 DDoS solutions in performance comparison

ESET Security Trends 2022: Ransomware, DDoS & Co

DDoS attacks increased by 3 percent in Q24

DDoS: Attacks in Q3 2021 - IT infrastructure providers in their sights

DDoS extortion campaign targets VoIP providers

BSI warns of DDoS attacks on Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Report: Attacks Exacerbate the Global Cybersecurity Crisis

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