Friday Squid Blogging: Newly Discovered Vampire Squid
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Cyber News
- July 5, 2024
- July 5, 2024
Webinar Alert: Learn How ITDR Solutions Stop Sophisticated Identity Attacks
Identity theft isn’t just about stolen credit cards anymore. Today, cybercriminals are using advanced tactics to infiltrate organizations and cause major damage with compromised credentials. The stakes are high: ransomware attacks, lateral movement, and devastating data breaches. Don’t be caught off guard. Join us for a groundbreaking webinar that will change the way you approach […]
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- July 5, 2024
OVHcloud Hit with Record 840 Million PPS DDoS Attack Using MikroTik Routers
French cloud computing firm OVHcloud said it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in April 2024 that reached a packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). This is just above the previous record of 809 million Mpps reported by Akamai as targeting a large European bank in June 2020. The 840 Mpps […]
Cyber News
- July 5, 2024
Blueprint for Success: Implementing a CTEM Operation
The attack surface isn’t what it once was and it’s becoming a nightmare to protect. A constantly expanding and evolving attack surface means risk to the business has skyrocketed and current security measures are struggling to keep it protected. If you’ve clicked on this article, there’s a good chance you’re looking for solutions to manage […]
Cyber News
- July 5, 2024
GootLoader Malware Still Active, Deploys New Versions for Enhanced Attacks
The malware known as GootLoader continues to be in active use by threat actors looking to deliver additional payloads to compromised hosts. “Updates to the GootLoader payload have resulted in several versions of GootLoader, with GootLoader 3 currently in active use,” cybersecurity firm Cybereason said in an analysis published last week. “While some of the […]
Cyber News
- July 5, 2024
Polyfill[.]io Attack Impacts Over 380,000 Hosts, Including Major Companies
The supply chain attack targeting widely-used Polyfill[.]io JavaScript library is wider in scope than previously thought, with new findings from Censys showing that over 380,000 hosts are embedding a polyfill script linking to the malicious domain as of July 2, 2024. This includes references to “https://cdn.polyfill[.]io” or “https://cdn.polyfill[.]com” in their HTTP responses, the attack surface […]
Cyber News
- July 5, 2024
New Golang-Based Zergeca Botnet Capable of Powerful DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new botnet called Zergeca that’s capable of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Written in Golang, the botnet is so named for its reference to a string named “ootheca” present in the command-and-control (C2) servers (“ootheca[.]pw” and “ootheca[.]top”). “Functionally, Zergeca is not just a typical DDoS botnet; besides supporting six different […]
Cyber News
- July 4, 2024
Volcano Demon ransomware group rings its victims to extort money
What’s happening? Security researchers have warned that a new ransomware group has taken an unusual twist on the traditional method of extorting money from its corporate victims. So what’s different this time? Whereas many ransomware attacks see a company’s company’s data exfiltrated by attackers, and the threat made that stolen data will be sold to […]
Cyber News
- July 4, 2024
Microsoft Uncovers Critical Flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus
Microsoft has revealed two security flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus that could be weaponized by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. “The [remote code execution] vulnerability in PanelView Plus involves two custom classes that can be abused to upload and load a malicious DLL into the device,” […]
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