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iTWire Radware DDoS attack report shows dramatic rise in volumes Shares While DDoS attack numbers held fairly steady from the previous quarter of 2021, attack volumes escalated dramatically, a report from Radware has disclosed. Radware's recently released quarterly DDoS attack report analyses attack activity by industries, attack vectors, DDoS attacks on applications and on-premise versus cloud. Major findings include the following: The first half of Q1 was characterised by large attacks on finance and a continuation of the 2020 ransom DDoS campaign. By the end of 2020, extortioni...

Is it legal to pay a cyber ransom in NZ? The surprising answer 14 May, 2021 08:15 PM 4 minutes to read Today's hackers often want money to give you back your files (after they've stolen them or encrypted them in a "ransomware" attack) or to cease a DDoS attack (a distributed denial-of-service attack where an army of bots try to connect to your site at once, rendering it inaccessible to regular punters). And their efforts are only escalating, because governments enable ransomware extortionists in three ways: failing to regulate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, giving hackers an...

Date: 20 Apr 2021 The Coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on our lives with most organisations making a sudden switch to mass remote working. As restrictions are progressively eased, the impact continues, with organisations having to decide when to allow staff back into offices, what proportion of remote working should be expected, and how all of this should be supported.Take part in this virtual event to put your questions to the experts, and see what your peers have learnt from the pandemic, and how they plan to apply this understanding to 2021 and beyond. Date: 12 May 2021 The Compu...

800Gbps DDoS extortion attack hits gambling company By 05:31 PM Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks started strong this year, setting new records and taking the extortion trend that started last August to the next level. Internet security services company Akamai has already dealt with the largest known ransom DDoS (RDDoS) attack, which was also more complex than previously seen incidents of the same type. Bigger, more complex RDDoS Akamai says that in February they dealt with “three of the six biggest volumetric DDoS attacks” the company has ever recorded. Two of these were the ...

Ransomware gang plans to call victim's business partners about attacks By 12:47 PM The REvil ransomware operation announced this week that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim's business partners to generate ransom payments. The REvil ransomware operation, also known as Sodinokibi, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) where the ransomware operators develop the malware and payment site, and affiliates (adverts) compromise corporate networks to deploy the ransomware. As part of this deal, the REvil developers earn between 20-30% of ransom payments, and the affil...