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New DDoS extortion attacks detected as Fancy Lazarus group returns

11

Jun

2021

Security researchers are tracking new DDoS extortion activity by threat actor group Fancy Lazarus. The attacks have been primarily targeting US and global organizations from a range of sectors including energy, financial, insurance, manufacturing, public utilities and retail. The group—which formerly used monikers such as Fancy Bear, Lazarus, Lazarus Group, and Armada Collective, among others—went […]

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DDoS attacks in 2021: What to expect?

30

Mar

2021

We’re only three months into 2021, and Akamai has mitigated 3 out of the 6 largest DDoS attacks they have ever witnessed. Two of these hit the same company on the same day, and the attackers’ goal was extort money from the target. “Growing” DDoS attacks Hoping for a major Bitcoin payout, DDoS attackers continue […]

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Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

22

Jan

2021

Cybercriminals can exploit Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as a powerful tool to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS attacks), new research has found. Attackers can abuse RDP to launch UDP reflection/amplification attacks with an amplification ratio of 85.9:1, principal engineer Roland Dobbins and senior network security analyst Steinthor Bjarnason from Netscout said in a report published […]

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New DDoS extortion attacks detected as Fancy Lazarus group returns

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