DDoS attacks in Q4 2021
News roundup Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first hit the radar in July, but at the time it was little more than...
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Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2021. Statistics
All statistics in this report are from the global cloud service Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which receives information from components in our security solutions. The data was obtained from users who had given their...
DDoS attacks in Q3 2021
News overview Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado...
IoT Security Startup Armis Seeks Another $300M Of Funding: Report
Armis expects most of it to come from a single new strategic investor at a $3.5B valuation and anticipates that will be the company’s final funding round before pursuing an IPO, Calcalist reported. click...
IT threat evolution in Q2 2021. PC statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,686,025,551 attacks...
DDoS attacks in Q2 2021
News overview In terms of big news, Q2 2021 was relatively calm, but not completely eventless. For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it...
Analytical report on DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2021
The month of April 2021 saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to its victims — that was distributed via YouTube and...
Detecting unknown threats: a honeypot how-to
Catching threats is tricky business, especially in today’s threat landscape. To tackle this problem, for many years сybersecurity researchers have been using honeypots – a well-known deception technique in the industry. Dan Demeter, Senior...
EU to launch rapid response cybersecurity team
The European Commission will present its plan on Wednesday to set up the “Joint Cyber Unit,” which would allow national capitals hit by cyberattacks to ask for help from other countries and the EU....
EU, US launch initiative against ransomware
The United States and European governments will coordinate in fighting against ransomware attacks, which have surged in number in recent years, the U.S.’s top security official said Tuesday. click here to read full Article...
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2020-2021. EU statistics
All statistics in this report are from the global cloud service Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which receives information from components in our security solutions. The data was obtained from users who have given their...
Money-go-round: The booming cottage industry behind ransomware
As policymakers try to respond to incidents, they’re finding out that the problem is larger than cybercriminals extorting corporations and governments to regain access to their own data. click here to read full Article...
DDoS attacks in Q1 2021
News overview Q1 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets. News broke in January of the FreakOut malware, which attacks Linux devices. Cybercriminals exploited several critical vulnerabilities in programs installed on victim devices,...
A Casino Gets Hacked Through a Fish-Tank Thermometer
That was the lesson learned a few years ago from the operators of a North American casino. According to a 2018 Business Insider report, cybersecurity executive Nicole Eagan of security firm Darktrace told the...
DDoS attacks in Q4 2020
News overview Cybercriminals are constantly on the lookout for means and methods to make attacks more destructive. In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS...
IoT Security Startup Armis Doubles Valuation To $2B With $125M Round
The Palo Alto, California-based IoT security company announced Tuesday that it has raised a $125 million funding round from Brookfield Technology Partners and other investors. Click here for image source link and to read...
