cyberattacks

Akamai Reveals Another Hole in the UNIX Printing System. Akamai specialists have identified a new vulnerability in the CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) that can be used for DDoS attacks. To launch an attack, an attacker only needs to send a single packet to a vulnerable CUPS service with...

GreyNoise Intelligence captures mysterious "noise storms" on the Internet. Since January 2020, GreyNoise Intelligence has been tracking an unusual phenomenon in cyberspace — large-scale waves of fake traffic, dubbed "Noise Storms". The phenomenon baffles cybersecurity experts and creates new...

Jen Easterly named the true reasons for mediocre cybersecurity. Software developers who release products with vulnerabilities are the real culprits behind all cyberattacks. At least, that's what Jen Easterly, head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said at the...

How did a regular feature become a security nightmare? F.A.C.C.T. experts have discovered a non-standard method of distributing the Xmrig malware. The attackers used the automatic replies feature on email inboxes to deliver a miner designed for discreet cryptocurrency mining. Attacks using...

When hackers got bored with the virtual world, they turned their gaze to reality... Cyberattacks on two of Las Vegas' largest casinos in 2023 have brought a lot of attention to cybersecurity threats, but there is a darker and more troubling reality behind these high-profile events. Thus...

Cyber threats affect the critical infrastructure and national security of the Russian Federation. Positive Technologies specialists presented the results of a study of current cyber threats in the CIS countries for 2023 and the first half of 2024. The report indicates that the number of attacks...

Cyberspies attack email clients, bypassing even the most powerful security systems. Cybersecurity experts from the QiAnXin Cyber Intelligence Center have reported the detection of a new threat from the APT-Q-12 group, also known as "Pseudo Hunter". This cyberespionage group, which has roots in...

More than 80 hacker groups are digitally bombing Israeli targets. According to Israeli media, citing local Colonel Rachel Dembinsky, commander of the IDF's Computing and Information Systems Center( IDF), the Israeli Defense Forces have prevented about 3 billion cyberattacks since last fall...

The agency also wants to create a single platform for combating cyber threats. The Ministry of Digital Development held a meeting with representatives of IT companies, telecom operators and banks, where the idea of creating a single platform for responding to cyber attacks was discussed...

The court extended the scientist's arrest until May 12, 2024. The Russian Federal Security Service has detained mathematician Artem Khoroshilov, who is suspected of DDoS attacks on critical information infrastructure facilities in the Russian Federation, TASS reports. The accused is being held...