Cyberattacks Being Fuelled by Ukraine War, Geopolitics, EU Cybersecurity Agency Says

Cyberattacks Being Fuelled by Ukraine War, Geopolitics, EU Cybersecurity Agency Says

ByNews Polite

Geopolitics such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks in the year to July, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Thursday. ENISA’s study follows concerns about the role of state actors and the growing range of threats to governments,…

Taiwan Website Attacks Likely Caused by Chinese ‘Hacktivists’, Researchers Say

Taiwan Website Attacks Likely Caused by Chinese ‘Hacktivists’, Researchers Say

ByNews Polite

Digital attacks against Taiwanese government websites ahead of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Taipei on Tuesday were likely launched by Chinese activist hackers, or “hacktivists,” a cybersecurity research organisation said. The website of Taiwan’s presidential office was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Tuesday…

Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia’s Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban

Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia’s Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban

ByNews Polite

Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday, the Baltic country’s National Cyber Security Centre said in a statement released by the defence ministry. “It is very likely that attacks of similar or greater intensity will continue in the coming days, especially in the transportation,…

Cloudflare Manages to Block Massive DDoS Attack on Unnamed Crypto Platform

Cloudflare Manages to Block Massive DDoS Attack on Unnamed Crypto Platform

ByNews Polite

Cloudflare, a company that specialises in web security has confirmed that they have successfully stopped what they believe to be one of the largest distributed denial-of-service or DDoS attacks on record, which targeted an unnamed cryptocurrency company. The attack was detected and mitigated automatically by Cloudflare’s defense systems, which were…