Europe: The DDoS battlefield 19/05/2023 at 06:07 By Help Net Security DDoS attacks appear to reflect major geo-political challenges and social tensions and have become an increasingly significant part in the hybrid warfare arsenal, according to Arelion. As the Ukrainian authorities sought a safe harbour for digital state registries and databases, Arelion saw the distribution […]
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Attack automation becomes a prevalent threat against APIs 16/05/2023 at 16:09 By Help Net Security The second half of 2022 marked a significant turning point in the security landscape. In several high-profile incidents, application programming interfaces (APIs) emerged as a primary attack vector, posing a new and significant threat to organizations’ security posture, according to
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Bad bots are coming for APIs 15/05/2023 at 06:16 By Help Net Security In 2022, 47.4% of all internet traffic came from bots, a 5.1% increase over the previous year, according to Imperva. The proportion of human traffic (52.6%) decreased to its lowest level in eight years. Bad bot traffic For the fourth consecutive year,
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Refined methodologies of ransomware attacks 11/05/2023 at 06:34 By Help Net Security Adversaries were able to encrypt data in 76% of the ransomware attacks that were conducted against surveyed organizations, according to Sophos. The survey also shows that when organizations paid a ransom to get their data decrypted, they ended up additionally doubling their recovery
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Prevent attackers from using legitimate tools against you 10/05/2023 at 07:21 By Help Net Security Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate tools to accomplish their goals, which include disabling security measures, lateral movement, and transferring files. Using commonly available tools allows attackers to evade detection. While custom-built tools or malware can be flagged as malicious
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