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DDoS attacks are getting more complex and harder to spot

By Team TeachToday April 28, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Domain Name Server (DNS) Amplification attacks, a form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) incidents, are on the rise, a new report from Lumen Technologies has claimed, adding that…

This SSD reckons it’s smart enough to keep you safe from ransomware attacks

By Team TeachToday April 26, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Security focused US storage company Cigent has announced its latest generation of SSD with a twist: its product can stand up to ransomware attacks in a world of heightened…

Ransomware attacks increased 91% in March, as threat actors find new vulnerabilities

By Karl Greenberg April 19, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Ransomware attacks skyrocketed last month according to the new monthly cybersecurity report by NCC Group. New threat group Cl0p is behind the increase as it exploited vulnerabilities in GoAnywhere…

Most businesses give in to ransomware attacks and pay out

By Team TeachToday April 13, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Despite cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies warning against yielding to ransom demands, most organizations still paid their way out on at least one occasion.As per the 2023 Global…

Cybersecurity leaders see risk from email attacks, hybrid work

By Karl Greenberg April 12, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Graymail, phishing, vendor impersonation, and other BECs clogging up security teams’ time. Image: leowolfert/Adobe Stock As TechRepublic has reported previously, business email compromise — or BEC — attacks are…

DDoS attacks rise as pro-Russia groups attack Finland, Israel

By Karl Greenberg April 6, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Image: Golden Sikorka/Adobe Stock The pro-Russia hacker group NoName057(16) reportedly claimed it was behind Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against the Finnish parliament’s website on Tuesday, the day the…

Ransomware attacks up sharply in February

By Karl Greenberg March 30, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] New studies by NCC Group and Barracuda Networks show threat actors are increasing ransomware exploits, with consumer goods and services receiving the brunt of attacks and a large percentage…

With political ‘hacktivism’ on the rise, Google launches Project Shield to fight DDos attacks

By Karl Greenberg March 28, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Image: Sundry Photography/Adobe Stock As has been widely documented, distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks rose precipitously last year. A microcosm of this upward trend involved exploits targeting…

DLL sideloading and CVE attacks show diversity of threat landscape

By Karl Greenberg February 24, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Image: lexiconimages/Adobe Stock Threat watchers have spotted new cybersecurity exploits illustrating the protean nature of hacks as malware groups adapt and find new opportunities in dynamic link libraries and…

Tor networks hit by wave of DDoS attacks

By Team TeachToday February 12, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] For the past seven months, anonymous communications platform Tor has been experiencing different types of Distributed Denial of Service (opens in new tab) (DDoS) attacks causing outages and slowdowns…