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2024-01-24 Post a Comment

From Megabits to Terabits: Gcore Radar Warns of a New Era of DDoS Attacks

As we enter 2024, Gcore has released its latest Gcore Radar report, a twice-annual publication in which the company releases internal analytics to track DDoS attacks. Gcore’s broad, internationally distributed network of scrubbing centers allows them to follow attack trends over time. Read on to learn about DDoS attack trends for Q3â€“Q4 of 2023, and what they mean for developing a robust protection strategy in 2024. Gcore’s Key Findings# DDoS […]

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2024-01-20 Post a Comment

Ukraine ‘Blackjack’ Hackers Hit Jackpot in Russia

Story by Isabel van BrugenÂ â€¢ AUkrainianÂ hacking groupÂ linked to the country’s main spy agency has stolen construction plans for more than 500Â Russian militaryÂ sites, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, said Friday. The group, dubbed “Blackjack”, which has previously been linked to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), hacked into a Russian state enterprise involved in construction work for PresidentÂ Vladimir Putin‘s military. Blackjack was able to obtain more than 1.2 terabytes of […]

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2024-01-20 Post a Comment

Majorca city CalviÃ extorted for $11M in ransomware attack

By Bill Toulas The CalviÃ City Council in Majorca announced it was targeted by a ransomware attack on Saturday, which impacted municipal services. CalviÃ is a historic town on the Spanish island of Majorca with a population of 50,000 and is one of Majorca’s major tourism hotspots, estimated to receive 1.6 million visits annually. During the weekend, a cyberattack hit Calvia’s systems, forcing the council to form a crisis committee […]

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2024-01-20 Post a Comment

Npm Trojan Bypasses UAC, Installs AnyDesk with “Oscompatible” Package

A malicious package uploaded to the npm registry has been found deploying a sophisticated remote access trojan on compromised Windows machines. The package, named “oscompatible,” was published on January 9, 2024, attracting a total ofÂ 380 downloadsÂ before it was taken down. oscompatibleÂ includedÂ a “few strange binaries,” according to software supply chain security firm Phylum, including a single executable file, a dynamic-link library (DLL) and an encrypted DAT file, alongside a JavaScript file. […]

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2024-01-20 Post a Comment

VMware confirms critical vCenter flaw now exploited in attacks

By Sergiu Gatlan VMware has confirmed that a critical vCenter Server remote code execution vulnerabilityÂ patched in OctoberÂ is now under active exploitation. vCenter Server is a management platform for VMware vSphere environments that helps administrators manage ESX and ESXi servers and virtual machines (VMs). “VMware has confirmed that exploitation ofÂ CVE-2023-34048Â has occurred in the wild,” the companyÂ saidÂ in an update added to the original advisory this week. The vulnerability was reported by Trend […]