Fake DDoS Protection Prompts on Hacked WordPress Sites Deliver RATs

Website security firm Sucuri is warning of an increase in fake distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection notifications that lead to the delivery of malware.
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Google Blocks Record-Setting DDoS Attack That Peaked at 46 Million RPS

In June 2022, Google mitigated a Layer 7 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 46 million requests per second (RPS).
Disclosed this week, this is the third HTTPS attack this year to reach tens of millions of RPS, after two lower-vo… Continue reading Google Blocks Record-Setting DDoS Attack That Peaked at 46 Million RPS

SAP Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks After Details Disclosed at Hacker Conferences

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical SAP vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog less than one week after its details were disclosed at the Black Hat and Def Con hacker conferences.
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Weaponized PLCs Can Hack Engineering Workstations in Attacks on Industrial Orgs

Researchers have shown how hackers could weaponize programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and use them to exploit engineering workstations running software from several major industrial automation companies.
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Chinese Cyberspies Use Supply Chain Attack to Deliver Windows, macOS Malware

China-linked cyberespionage group Iron Tiger was observed using the compromised servers of a chat application for the delivery of malware to Windows and macOS systems, Trend Micro reports.
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