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Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers

This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022,…

4 years ago

LibreOffice fixed 3 flaws, including a code execution issue

LibreOffice maintainers addressed three security flaws in their productivity software, including an arbitrary code execution issue. LibreOffice is an open-source office…

4 years ago

Threat actors use new attack techniques after Microsoft blocked macros by default

Threat actors are devising new attack tactics in response to Microsoft's decision to block Macros by default. In response to…

4 years ago

ENISA provides data related to major telecom security incidents in 2021

ENISA published a report that includes anonymised and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents in 2021. ENISA published a…

4 years ago

European firm DSIRF behind the attacks with Subzero surveillance malware

Microsoft linked a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) to attacks using multiple zero-day exploits for its Subzero malware. The Microsoft Threat…

4 years ago

DUCKTAIL operation targets Facebook’s Business and Ad accounts

Researchers uncovered an ongoing operation, codenamed DUCKTAIL that targets Facebook Business and Ad Accounts. Researchers from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business)…

4 years ago

The strange similarities between Lockbit 3.0 and Blackmatter ransomware

Researchers found similarities between LockBit 3.0 ransomware and BlackMatter, which is a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware. Cybersecurity researchers have…

4 years ago

U.S. increased rewards for info on North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million

The U.S. State Department increased rewards for information on any North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million. In April 2020,…

4 years ago

Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot malware

Qakbot malware operators are using the Windows Calculator to side-load the malicious payload on target systems. Security expert ProxyLife and Cyble…

4 years ago

Zero Day attacks target online stores using PrestaShop

Thera actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability to steal payment information from sites using the open source e-commerce platform PrestaShop. Threat actors are…

4 years ago

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