The threat actor behind the attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare earlier this month has been linked to a broader phishing campaign aimed at 136 organizations that resulted in a cumulative compromise of 9,931 accounts. The activity has been condemned 0ktapus by Group-IB because the initial goal of the attacks was to "obtain Okta identity credentials and two-factor authentication … [Read more...] about Okta Hackers Behind Twilio and Cloudflare Breach Hit Over 130 Organizations
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Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
Cloudflare on Wednesday disclosed that it acted to mitigate a 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The web infrastructure and website security company called it one of the "largest HTTPS DDoS attacks on record." "HTTPS DDoS attacks are more expensive in terms of required computational resources because of the higher cost of … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
CrowdStrike and Cloudflare Expand Zero Trust
Threat actors continue to exploit users, devices and applications, especially as more of them exist outside of the traditional corporate perimeter. With employees consistently working remotely, adversaries are taking advantage of distributed workforces and the poor visibility and control that legacy security tools provide. Traditional tools that connect employees to corporate … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike and Cloudflare Expand Zero Trust
Cloudflare mitigated one of the largest DDoS attack involving 17.2 million rps
Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare on Thursday disclosed that it mitigated the largest ever volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack recorded to date. The attack, launched via a Mirai botnet, is said to have targeted an unnamed customer in the financial industry last month. "Within seconds, the botnet bombarded the Cloudflare edge with over … [Read more...] about Cloudflare mitigated one of the largest DDoS attack involving 17.2 million rps