Tag: Denial of Service

  • The Register: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/uk_councils_russia_ddos/ Source: The Register Title: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors Feedly Summary: Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine Multiple UK councils had their websites either knocked offline or were inaccessible to residents this week after pro-Russia cyber nuisances added them to a daily…

  • The Register: Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/cisco_bug_brute_force/ Source: The Register Title: Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks Feedly Summary: Who doesn’t love abusing buggy appliances, really? Cisco has patched an already exploited security hole in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software that miscreants have been brute-forcing in attempted denial of…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/24/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-20481 Cisco ASA and FTD Denial-of-Service Vulnerability CVE-2024-37383 RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious…

  • Hacker News: Express v5

    Source URL: https://expressjs.com/2024/10/15/v5-release.html Source: Hacker News Title: Express v5 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The release of Express v5 introduces significant updates, focusing on improved security measures, deprecation of older Node.js versions, and an overall drive toward enhanced project governance. This is particularly relevant for security professionals in the software development…

  • CSA: AI Application Security & Fundamental Cyber Hygiene

    Source URL: https://www.tenable.com/blog/securing-the-ai-attack-surface-separating-the-unknown-from-the-well-understood Source: CSA Title: AI Application Security & Fundamental Cyber Hygiene Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging risks associated with LLM (Large Language Model) and AI applications, emphasizing the necessity for foundational cybersecurity practices and clear usage policies to mitigate vulnerabilities. It highlights the unique security…

  • Hacker News: The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks

    Source URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/14/24269741/internet-archive-online-read-only-data-breach-outage Source: Hacker News Title: The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Internet Archive has resumed operations in a limited read-only capacity following a cyberattack that resulted in a data breach and DDoS attack. This incident highlights ongoing concerns…

  • Cloud Blog: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/project-shield-expands-free-ddos-protection/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits Feedly Summary: Project Shield has helped news, human rights, and elections-related organizations defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks since 2013 as part of Google’s commitment to keep online content universally accessible. The solution has…

  • The Register: Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/internet_archive_ddos_data_leak/ Source: The Register Title: Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS Feedly Summary: 31 million users’ usernames, email addresses and salted-encrypted passwords are out there The Internet Archive had a bad day on the infosec front, after being DDoSed and exposing user data.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Talos discovers denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Audio Bus; Potential remote code execution in popular open-source PLC

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-discovers-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-microsoft-audio-bus-potential-remote-code-execution-in-popular-open-source-plc/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos discovers denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Audio Bus; Potential remote code execution in popular open-source PLC Feedly Summary: Talos researchers have disclosed three vulnerabilities in OpenPLC, a popular open-source programmable logic controller. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text details the recent disclosure of multiple vulnerabilities…