Cloudflare blocks gigantic HTTPS DDoS attack
Cloudflare detected a DDoS attack of 15.3 million HTTPS requests-per-second (rps) -- one of the largest HTTPS attacks ever observed.
DDoS attackers use botnets to flood a victim's server with HTTP or HTTPS requests. In 2021, Cloudflare detected a record attack of 17.2 million HTTP requests per ... Read more
CrowdStrike extends Falcon for public cloud environments
CrowdStrike added functionality to Falcon CWP and Falcon Horizon. The features focus on securing public cloud environments.
The updates should make it easier for companies to protect public cloud environments. CrowdStrike Falcon CWP, an agent-based solution for detecting and blocking threats to ... Read more
The European wind energy industry is facing a slew of cyberattacks
Since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, cyberattacks on three European wind-energy businesses have prompted fears that Russian-friendly hackers are attempting to wreak havoc in a sector that stands to profit from attempts to reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas.
The hacked firms haven't offi... Read more
‘Number of ransomware attacks rises by nearly 80 percent’
Ransomware attacks are on the rise. In a new survey by Sophos, two out of three organizations say they were hit in the past year.
Security provider Sophos questioned thousands of IT professionals worldwide. The State of Ransomware 2022-report sheds light on a growing problem. Ransomware persists... Read more
Bug bounty platform Intigriti raises 21 million euros
Intigriti's bug bounty platform is catching on. The Dutch company raised 21 million euros in its most recent investment round.
Intigriti's platform targets two audiences: hackers and organizations. For organizations, the platform offers all the technical requirements for a bug bounty programme.... Read more
‘Zero-day exploits will continue to be popular in 2022’
Zero-day exploits remain the most attractive attack vector for cybercriminals. This is made evident by yearly reports from Google Project Zero and security specialist Mandiant.
The yearly reports of Google Project Zero and Mandiant try to answer why zero-day attacks are so interesting for cyberc... Read more
Lapsus$ steals source code from T-Mobile
Criminal group Lapsus$ successfully attacked T-Mobile in March of this year.
According to research by security blog KrebsOnSecurity, Lapsus$ gained access to T-Mobile's internal systems on several occasions. T-Mobile's US subsidiaries were likely affected. In a response to KrebsOnSecurity, T-Mo... Read more
Sophos integrates SOC.OS into XDR and MTR solutions
Sophos announces the acquisition of SOC.OS. The company develops a solution that reads and filters alerts from multiple security solutions. Noise is reduced, allowing the most important alerts to surface.
SOC.OS was founded in 2020, following a split from BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. The te... Read more
‘REvil hackers are making a comeback’
REvil appears to be making a comeback. Security experts discovered a dark web leak page that shows similarities to the methods of the disbanded hacking group.
Security researchers pancak3 and Soufiane Tahiri found a dark web blog used to publish new and older REvil attacks. The blog calls on in... Read more
Dutch hackers win Pwn2Own by cracking industrial ICS systems
Thijs Alkemade and Daan Keuper discovered important vulnerabilities in three widely used industrial ICS systems during hacking competition Pwn2Own.
Thijs Alkemade and Daan Keuper work for Computest, a security firm based in the Netherlands. The duo participated in hacking competition Pwn2Own an... Read more