A “deep dive” from Bloomberg Law looks at the threat that DDoS attacks pose during holiday shopping seasons, but does not cite the potential for (and potential impacts of) Denial of App Service attacks. Here’s an excerpt from the article Holiday DDoS Cyberattacks Can Hurt E-Commerce, Lack Legal Remedy: Cyberattacks that knock internet platforms offline temporarily—a particular concern on Cyber Monday—are likely to spike this holiday season, but victims have few legal avenues to seek recovery, attorneys and industry professionals say. Ransomware attacks that take control of victims’ systems garner more media attention, but distributed denial-of-service attacks are one of the…
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Bank details of South Staffs Water customers have been published on the dark web after a cyber attack. The data breach took place in August and saw cyber criminals steal sensitive information. The firm said the “impacted data” included names and address of customers – alongside sort codes and account numbers. In a letter to those affected, it warned their data could be used in fraud cases. In a statement published on the company website, managing director Andy Willicott personally apologised for the incident – although the letter expressed “regret” and did not say sorry. The firm insisted: “Consumers can have complete confidence that…
It has been reported that the UK’s cybersecurity laws will be updated to require outsourced IT providers to meet security standards as part of efforts to better protect supply chains, the Government has announced. The Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations will be updated so third-party firms providing IT services to businesses will be compelled to have effective cybersecurity measures in place to protect them and their client’s data, with fines for non-compliance. Those rules already apply to UK companies providing critical services in a range of sectors including energy, water and transport, but will now bring outsourced firms into scope as well. The…
Following the news of Meta being fined £265 Million pounds over data protection breach that hit more than 500m users, cyber security experts provide insight into how companies could better protect themselves from data breaches.
Bot Attacks Methods for Business Two-Thirds of internet traffic consists of bot traffic. Out of this bot traffic, 40% are bad bots. The rise of malicious Bot Attacks targeting your Business has caused an increase in automated attacks. Without bot detection and mitigation software, attacks can often go undetected. And by the time you figure out what’s going on, it can sometimes be too late. The good news is that bot mitigation software can help protect your business against sophisticated attacks. Here are the major categories of attacks software can help you prevent. 1. Account Takeovers Data leaks are becoming…
Akamai researchers saw a 257% year over year increase in API and Web application attacks and are reporting that roughly 80 percent of cyberattacks are directed at financial services customers. They found the attacks in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region grew by 449% and primarily resulted in ransomware. Key findings:
An API flaw that was patched in January allowed for the theft of over 5.4 million Twitter user records that contained private information. These records were made available for free sharing on a hacker forum. A security researcher has also revealed another enormous, possibly more significant, data dump of millions of Twitter records, illustrating how widely this flaw was utilized by threat actors. The material is made up of public data that has been scraped as well as secretive email addresses and phone numbers. The majority of the material was made up of publicly available details such Twitter IDs, names,…
DAZN and Irdeto are joining forces to address the misuse of premium content and fight piracy in sports streaming. DAZN deploys Irdeto Anti-Piracy Services and relies on Irdeto Control as primary multi-DRM solution to secure threats The past few years have proved that the only way to tackle piracy in sports streaming broadcasting. For the industry to collaborate and form a unified approach to address the cyber threats. Today, DAZN, the world’s leading sports streaming platform and Irdeto. The world leader in digital platform cybersecurity, have joined forces to address the misuse of premium content and fight video piracy in…
A threat actor posted an ad on a hacking community forum, claiming they were selling a 2022 database of 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers.
The European Parliament suffered a cyberattack on Wednesday morning, shortly after the institution. Voted to strengthen economic sanctions against Russia for its involvement in eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea earlier this year. The new sanctions are expected to be implemented as early as Thursday. In response, Russian officials have threatened retaliation. But have not yet confirmed whether or not they will enact counter-sanctions against Europe. The US has also announced plans to impose further sanctions on Russia if it continues to engage in state-sponsored terrorism and undermine Ukraine’s democratic processes [1]. https://twitter.com/spacecowboy000/status/1595447289396576260 https://twitter.com/disturbingmario/status/1595452713906601984