Cybersecurity

ApateWeb: Large-Scale Campaign Delivers Scareware and PUPs | Cyware Hacker News

The cybersecurity landscape has witnessed a new, sophisticated threat in the form of ApateWeb, a large-scale scareware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) delivery campaign. Uncovered by Unit 42 researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the campaign is notable for its use of over 130,000 domains to propagate various forms of malicious content. Diving into Details ApateWeb […]

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DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare said in its DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4 published […]

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DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare said in its DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4 published […]

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Phishing, Smishing Surge Targets USPS

Recent weeks have witnessed a significant increase in cyber-attacks targeting the US Postal Service (USPS), mainly through phishing and smishing campaigns.  The surge in these attacks has prompted DomainTools researchers to delve into their origins and implications, with findings described in an advisory published on Thursday. One smishing message raised suspicions due to its peculiar […]