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Akamai Survey: API-Specific Controls are Lacking

Phishing, misconfigurations and missing patches are top concerns among security leaders, but they also say their organizations are letting observability tools gather rust.

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  • July 20, 2023

Sophisticated HTTP and DNS DDoS attacks on the rise

The last few months have seen an increase in the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) vectors with sophisticated techniques, including attack targeting authoritative DNS servers for domain names, attacks launched from botnets built using hijacked virtual machines and HTTP application-layer attacks with highly randomized fingerprints. “The second quarter of 2023 was characterized by thought-out, tailored […]

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  • July 20, 2023

Estée Lauder Breached in Twin MOVEit Hacks, by Different Ransom Groups

The cosmetics conglomerate was apparently breached through the infamous MOVEit flaw by both Cl0p and BlackCat, at roughly the same time.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends