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DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks

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DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers found a jailbreak method that exposed DeepSeek’s system prompt, while others have analyzed the DDoS attacks aimed at the new gen-AI. The post DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge

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DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge 2025-01-28 at 14:48 By Eduard Kovacs China’s DeepSeek blamed sign-up disruptions on a cyberattack as researchers started finding vulnerabilities in the R1 AI model.  The post DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date 2025-01-22 at 17:20 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. The Murdoc botnet Qualys researchers have laid bare the “Murdoc” botnet, consisting of some 1,300 IoT devices saddled with a variant

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement 2024-12-12 at 12:39 By Zeljka Zorz As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser”) sites were used by both cybercriminals and hacktivists to

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Data Breach and DDoS Attacks Take Archive.org and Open Library Offline

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Data Breach and DDoS Attacks Take Archive.org and Open Library Offline 2024-10-12 at 03:19 By Paul Shread Key Takeaways Overview The Internet Archive has taken its Archive.org and OpenLibrary.org sites offline in response to a data breach and repeated DDoS attacks. The breach of a user authentication database, which exposed the email addresses and credentials

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Internet Archive data breach, defacement, and DDoS: Users’ data compromised

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Internet Archive data breach, defacement, and DDoS: Users’ data compromised 2024-10-10 at 12:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Internet Archive has suffered a data breach, leading to the compromise of email addresses, screen names and bcrypt password hashes of some 31 million users. The compromise was revealed on Wednesday afternoon, when the digital library’s website began

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CUPS vulnerabilities could be abused for DDoS attacks

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CUPS vulnerabilities could be abused for DDoS attacks 2024-10-03 at 16:18 By Zeljka Zorz While the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) vulnerabilities recently disclosed by researcher Simone “evilsocket” Margaritelli are not easily exploited for remote command execution on vulnerable systems, they could offer more opportunity to attackers who engage in DDoS attacks, Akamai threat researchers

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Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaked at 3.8 Tbps, 2.14 Billion Pps

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Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaked at 3.8 Tbps, 2.14 Billion Pps 2024-10-02 at 15:46 By Eduard Kovacs Cloudflare recently mitigated another record-breaking DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 Tbps and 2.14 billion Pps.  The post Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaked at 3.8 Tbps, 2.14 Billion Pps appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Average DDoS attack costs $6,000 per minute

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Average DDoS attack costs $6,000 per minute 2024-08-21 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 2023 saw a surge in the frequency and duration of DDoS attacks, and in the first half of 2024, it’s clear that surge has become the new normal, according to Zayo. DDoS attack duration increases DDoS attacks surged 106% from H2

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DDoS attack volume rises, peak power reaches 1.7 Tbps

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DDoS attack volume rises, peak power reaches 1.7 Tbps 2024-08-15 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The total number of DDoS attacks during H1 2024 amounted to 830,000, an increase of 46% when compared to H1 2023, according to Gcore. Peak attack power rose from 1.6 terabits per second (Tbps) in H2 2023 to 1.7

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Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview

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Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview 2024-08-13 at 13:46 By SecurityWeek News Elon Musk says a cyberattack impacted a livestream interview with US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media platform. The post Elon Musk Says Cyberattack Crashed Site Ahead of Trump Livestream Interview appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Sports venues must vet their vendors to maintain security

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Sports venues must vet their vendors to maintain security 2024-08-07 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Sporting events generate a lot of consumer activity, from hotels and restaurants to retail. Large sporting events are held together by webs of connectivity that include vendors, sponsors, employees, and consumers. These networks connect ticketing, merchandising, venue access, live

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Microsoft Says Azure Outage Caused by DDoS Attack Response

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Microsoft Says Azure Outage Caused by DDoS Attack Response 2024-07-31 at 16:06 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft’s response to a DDoS attack on Azure amplified the impact of the attack instead of mitigating it, causing outages. The post Microsoft Says Azure Outage Caused by DDoS Attack Response appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Microsoft: DDoS defense error amplified attack on Azure, leading to outage

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Microsoft: DDoS defense error amplified attack on Azure, leading to outage 2024-07-31 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz A DDoS attack that started on Tuesday has made a number of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services temporarily inaccessible, the company has confirmed. Microsoft’s mitigation statement on the Azure status history page Microsoft Azure, 365 outage triggered

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Law Enforcement Disrupts DDoS-for-Hire Service DigitalStress

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Law Enforcement Disrupts DDoS-for-Hire Service DigitalStress 2024-07-23 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire Authorities in the UK infiltrated and disrupted the DDoS-for-hire service DigitalStress, and one suspect was arrested. The post Law Enforcement Disrupts DDoS-for-Hire Service DigitalStress appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack

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OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack 2024-07-05 at 15:02 By Ionut Arghire OVHcloud says it mitigated the largest ever DDoS attack leveraging packet rate, which peaked at 840 Mpps. The post OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Why every company needs a DDoS response plan

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Why every company needs a DDoS response plan 2024-07-01 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Richard Hummel, Senior Threat Intelligence Manager at NETSCOUT, discusses how companies can overcome the challenges of identifying and mitigating DDoS attacks. He stresses the need for adaptive, multilayered defense strategies and the inevitability of a

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Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack

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Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack 2024-06-27 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz The University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) is under cyberattack that started on Wednesday night, the Croatian Radiotelevision has reported. Because of the attack, the hospital has shut down its information system and will be switching parts of it online once they are sure

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Inside AWS’s Crusade Against IP Spoofing and DDoS Attacks

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Inside AWS’s Crusade Against IP Spoofing and DDoS Attacks 2024-04-11 at 17:46 By Kevin Townsend SecurityWeek speaks to Tom Scholl, VP and distinguished engineer at AWS, on how the organization tackles IP Spoofing and DDoS attacks. The post Inside AWS’s Crusade Against IP Spoofing and DDoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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