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1,000 percent increase in DNS amplification attacks since 2018
By Augustin Kurian
The second quarter of 2019 saw a major swelling of DNS amplification attacks reaching a whopping 1,000 percent spike. The report...
Anaesthetic machines vulnerable to cyber-attacks: Researchers
Security researchers revealed that an anaesthetic machine can be hacked and controlled remotely if left accessible on a hospital computer network. Cybersecurity firm CyberMDX...
DDoS-for-hire websites make a comeback despite FBI crackdown: Nexusguard report
DDoS attacks “for hire” made a comeback in the beginning of the year, with booter-originated attacks rebounding to more than double their amounts in...
Telegram hit by DDoS Attack! Blames China
The popular messaging app Telegram recently suffered a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service attack) attack that affected the users in the United States, Hong...
Dutch banks and tax office fall victim of coordinated attacks
Critical nodal agencies and several banks in the Netherlands were hit by a series of cyber attacks. The national tax office went offline for...
92 percent of organizations attacked with DDoS just once suffer theft: Survey
Neustar, Inc., a provider of real-time information services, recently released its bi-annual Global DDoS Attacks and Cyber Security Insights Report, affirming DDoS attacks continue...