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  • Slashdot: Cloudflare Blocks Largest Recorded DDoS Attack Peaking At 3.8Tbps

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2034235/cloudflare-blocks-largest-recorded-ddos-attack-peaking-at-38tbps Source: Slashdot Title: Cloudflare Blocks Largest Recorded DDoS Attack Peaking At 3.8Tbps Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign impacting financial services, telecommunications, and internet sectors, with a peak attack size of 3.8 terabits per second. This unprecedented volume highlights the…

  • The Register: If you’re holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/30/iran_spearphishing/ Source: The Register Title: If you’re holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it Feedly Summary: It’s election year for more than 50 countries and the Islamic Republic threatens a bunch of them US and UK national security agencies are jointly warning about Iranian spearphishing campaigns, which remain an ongoing threat…

  • Cloud Blog: Introduction to Threat Intelligence and Attribution course, now available on-demand

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introduction-to-intelligence-and-attribution-course-now-on-demand/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introduction to Threat Intelligence and Attribution course, now available on-demand Feedly Summary: Ask 10 cybersecurity experts to define “attribution” and they would likely provide as many different answers. The term has become an industry buzzword for the process by which evidence of a breach is converted into a…

  • Alerts: CISA and FBI Release Secure by Design Alert on Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/09/17/cisa-and-fbi-release-secure-design-alert-eliminating-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities Source: Alerts Title: CISA and FBI Release Secure by Design Alert on Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Today, CISA and FBI released a Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, as a part of our ongoing effort to reduce the prevalence of vulnerability classes at scale. Vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting…

  • Hacker News: How CrowdStrike Stopped Everything

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    Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-crowdstrike-stopped-everything/ Source: Hacker News Title: How CrowdStrike Stopped Everything Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a significant cybersecurity event concerning a global IT outage caused by a software update from CrowdStrike, which made millions of Windows computers inaccessible. The incident emphasizes the critical importance of data availability,…

  • Cloud Blog: A Measure of Motive: How Attackers Weaponize Digital Analytics Tools

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/how-attackers-weaponize-digital-analytics-tools/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A Measure of Motive: How Attackers Weaponize Digital Analytics Tools Feedly Summary: Adrian McCabe, Ryan Tomcik, Stephen Clement Introduction Digital analytics tools are vital components of the vast domain that is modern cyberspace. From system administrators managing traffic load balancers to marketers and advertisers working to deliver relevant…

  • Slashdot: Bug Bounty Programs Take Root In Russia

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/0015247/bug-bounty-programs-take-root-in-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Bug Bounty Programs Take Root In Russia Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trend of bug bounty programs in Russia, highlighting their implications for the cybersecurity landscape, especially amid geopolitical tensions. The evolution of these platforms may affect Western cybersecurity through potential…