Here’s how simple it is for script kiddies to stand up DDoS services

How plug-and-play hacking tools and lax configs helped a Russian script kiddie start a scheme.

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Rail and pipeline representatives push to dial back TSA’s cyber mandates

House Republicans during a Tuesday hearing were sympathetic to industry calls for shaving down cyber regulations.

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Attackers are hijacking Jupyter notebooks to host illegal Champions League streams

Normally reserved for data analysis, a cybersecurity firm caught online content pirates hosting soccer matches.

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Moody’s Rating adds telecoms, airlines, utilities to highest risk category

The financial ratings service says industry digital reliance increases cyber risk.

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North Korean-linked hackers were caught experimenting with new macOS malware

Researchers can’t tell if the malware was used in a campaign, or North Korean operatives were caught before they could deploy it in the wild.

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TSA issues proposed cyber mandates for pipelines, rail, airlines

The post-Colonial Pipeline proposal requires the agency’s charges to follow one cyber mandate to rule them all.

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Schneider Electric reports cyberattack, its third incident in 18 months

The ransomware group HellCat claims responsibility for the cyberattack and threatens to dump 40GB.

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Android warns of Qualcomm exploit in latest security bulletin

The November security bulletin includes two CVE’s reportedly exploited in the wild.

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