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Google blocks largest HTTPS DDoS attack 'reported to date'

A Google Cloud Armor customer was hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack over the HTTPS protocol that reached 46 million requests per second (RPS), making it the largest ever recorded of its kind. [...]
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β€ŠRussian APT29 hackers abuse Azure services to hack Microsoft 365 users

The state-backed Russian cyberespionage group Cozy Bear has been particularly prolific in 2022, targeting Microsoft 365 accounts in NATO countries and attempting to access foreign policy information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-apt29-hackers-abuse-azure-services-to-hack-microsoft-365-users/
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β€ŠCISA adds 7 vulnerabilities to list of bugs exploited by hackers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added seven vulnerabilities to its list of bugs actively exploited by hackers, with the new flaws disclosed by Apple. Microsoft, SAP, and Google. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-adds-7-vulnerabilities-to-list-of-bugs-exploited-by-hackers/
β€Š241 npm and PyPI packages caught dropping Linux cryptominers

More than 200 malicious packages were discovered infiltrating the PyPI and npm open source registries this week. These packages are largely typosquats of widely used libraries and each one of them downloads a Bash script on Linux systems that run cryptominers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/241-npm-and-pypi-packages-caught-dropping-linux-cryptominers/
β€ŠThe Week in Ransomware - August 19th 2022 - Evolving extortion tactics

Bringing you the latest ransomware news, including new research, tactics, and cyberattacks. We also saw the return of the BlackByte ransomware operation, who has started to use new extortion tactics. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-19th-2022-evolving-extortion-tactics/
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New tool checks if a mobile app's browser is a privacy risk

A new online tool named 'InAppBrowser' lets you analyze the behavior of in-app browsers embedded within mobile apps and determine if they inject privacy-threatening JavaScript into websites you visit. [...]
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