Safe Mode Five years of Distributed Denial of Secrets and a dangerous automotive vulnerability Emma Best, founder of DDOS Dec 14, 2023 By CyberScoop Staff
From left, the NSA’s Darren Turner, OMB’s Nick Polk and CISA’s Michael Duffy participate in a cybersecurity governance panel at ACT-IAC’s Imagine Nation ELC conference in Hershey, Pa., on Oct. 30, 2023. (Scoop News Group photo) CISA sees increase in zero-day exploitation, official says Michael Duffy, associate director for capacity building in CISA’s cybersecurity division, says that global zero-day exploits are “really affecting the federal government networks.” Nov 3, 2023 By Matt Bracken
Network data transfer speed on a dark background. (Getty Images) Largest-ever DDoS leverages zero-day vulnerability A new zero-day led to the largest distributed denial of service attack ever seen on the internet, according to a group of tech companies. Oct 10, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
An OnlyFans sign in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for OnlyFans) Pro-Russian hacktivists increase focus on Western targets. The latest is OnlyFans. Anonymous Sudan appears to be affiliated with Killnet, a pro-Russian hacktivist persona that emerged in late 2021 or early 2022. Jul 20, 2023 By AJ Vicens
(audriusmerfeldas/Getty Images) Cloudflare reports ‘alarming surge’ in DDoS sophistication, escalation in recent months Attacks used to make websites and web services inaccessible are evolving and becoming more concerning, the company said Tuesday. Jul 18, 2023 By AJ Vicens
A US military aircraft with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 2, 2022. – Pelosi landed in Taiwan on August 2 evening, defying days of increasingly stark warnings from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring.(Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) Taiwanese government sites hit with DDoS attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit One attack appears to have shut down the president of Taiwan's website Tuesday before Nancy Pelosi's historic visit. Aug 2, 2022
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Pro-Russian cybercriminals briefly DDoS Congress.gov KillNet, the group that claimed responsibility, has launched a series of attacks around the world on perceived enemies of Russia. Jul 8, 2022 By AJ Vicens
Ukrainian servicemen mourn on the coffin of their comrade Oleh Kutsyn, commander of the “Karpatska Sitch” battalion killed during the war against Russia, during a funeral ceremony at Kyiv’s “Maidan” Independence Square on June 22, 2022. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) Research questions potentially dangerous implications of Ukraine’s IT Army Volunteer hacking efforts could unwittingly pull countries or private companies into a murky geopolitical mess, a researcher says. Jun 22, 2022
Main Justice in the District of Columbia. (Getty Images) FBI seizes domains tied to stolen records, DDoS services U.S. authorities took down a related site in 2020. Jun 1, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Members of parliament applaud following the address via video link of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (seen on screen) at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki on April 8, 2022. (Photo by EMMI KORHONEN/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images) Denial-of-service disrupts Finnish government sites during Zelenskyy speech The incident also coincided with Finland openly weighing NATO membership and the Finns saying a Russian aircraft violated their airspace. Apr 8, 2022 By Tim Starks