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NETSCOUT RESEARCH CONFIRMS DDOS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD, DESTABILIZING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

NEW NETSCOUT RESEARCH CONFIRMS DDOS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD, DESTABILIZING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AI integration, persistent hacktivist campaigns, and nation-state actors weaponize DDoS attacks, creating unprecedented risks for organizations globally NetScout released its latest research detailing the evolving Distributed Denial-oSet featured imagef-Service (DDoS) attack landscape. NETSCOUT monitored more than 8 million DDoS…

CISA warns of N-able N-central flaws exploited in zero-day attacks

admin4 weeks ago03 mins

CISA warned on Wednesday that attackers are actively exploiting two security vulnerabilities in N‑able’s N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. N-central is commonly used by managed services providers (MSPs) and IT departments to monitor, manage, and maintain client networks and devices from a centralized web-based console. According to CISA, the two flaws can allow…

US Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Chinese company over Salt Typhoon hack

admin8 months ago04 mins

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kechen and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in US is sanctioning Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber…

Kaspersky Experts Identify New Ransomware using BitLocker to encrypt corporate data

admin1 year ago05 mins

Kaspersky has identified ransomware attacks using Microsoft’s BitLocker to attempt encryption of corporate files. The threat actors are using VBScript – a programming language used to automate tasks on Windows computers – to create a malicious script with previously unreported features to maximize the damage of the attack, Kaspersky Global Emergency Response team reports. The…

Have you Noticed Job’s Adds Roaming Around Facebook; Beaware of Ov3r_Stealer’ Malware

admin2 years ago07 mins

Recently as I was going through my Facebook , I noticed that lot of job advertisement for various position mainly account manager. As I applied they send back queries asking for mobile number and What’s Up messages. Researchers first discovered the stealer in early December. It was being spread via a Facebook job advertisement for…