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DDoS attacks on the decline - crypto mining on the rise
Kaspersky_news

It seems to be a question of profit: DDoS attacks slightly down in the fourth quarter of 2020 - crypto mining increases The DDoS attacks registered by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year. Compared to the third quarter, however, they fell by 31 percent. This development is related to the growing interest in crypto mining. Q4 2020: Many DDoS attacks on educational institutions As more time was spent on the Internet in the course of 2020, the number of DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) also rose. The last quarter ...

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Cybercrime has specialized in 2020
Eset_News

Fraudulent vaccination promises dominate the spam volume. ESET Threat Report: Ransomware is used for targeted attacks. Cybercrime has specialized in 2020. This is a conclusion of the Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2020, which ESET has now published. The experts of the European IT security manufacturer also used the last report of the past year to look back on the year as a whole and to look ahead to 2021. Ransomware against companies One result of the report: Ransomware is being used more and more for targeted attacks against companies. Hackers, on the other hand, rely less and less on encryption Trojans for wide-ranging mass attacks. In addition, ...

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