Kevin Bock, the lead researcher behind last August’s paper, said DDoS attackers had plenty of incentives to reproduce the attacks his team had theorized. “Unfortunately, we weren’t surprised,” he told…
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls
Any appearance of a new tool used by Russia’s notorious, disruptive Sandworm hackers will raise the eyebrows of cybersecurity professionals braced for high-impact cyberattacks. When US and UK agencies warn…
If Russia Invades Ukraine, TikTok Will See It Up Close
On the snowy roads near Kursk, tanks and military equipment stop traffic. Videos from around the Russian city—roughly 100 miles from the border with Ukraine—show cars waiting in line to…
US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors
Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached the networks of multiple US defense contractors in a sustained campaign that has revealed sensitive information about US weapons-development communications infrastructure, the…
An Insidious Mac Malware Is Growing More Sophisticated
Mac malware known as UpdateAgent has been spreading for more than a year, and it is growing increasingly malevolent as its developers add new bells and whistles. The additions include…
Out-of-Control Cybercrime Will Cause More Real-World Harm
In 2022, cyber incidents will cause real and sustained disruption to our everyday comforts—and maybe kill people. This won’t be because of any great geopolitical development, but because a bunch…
Welcome to the Burner Phone Olympics
As professional big air snowboarder Julia Marino completed her final preparations for the Winter Olympics, US officials sent Marino and her teammates a word of caution about China’s surveillance apparatus….
North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
P4x says he has largely automated his attacks on the North Korean systems, periodically running scripts that enumerate which systems remain online and then launching exploits to take them down….
Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang
When the phones and computer networks went down at Ridgeview Medical Center’s three hospitals on October 24, 2020, the medical group resorted to a Facebook post to warn its patients…
Safari Flaws Exposed Webcams, Online Accounts, and More
Usually the worst thing that happens when you have dozens of browser tabs open is you can’t find the one that suddenly starts blasting random ads. But a group of…