EU Today reports: Spain has apprehended three individuals accused of executing cyberattacks as part of a well-known pro-Russian hacker group targeting Ukraine and NATO countries that support Ukraine. The Spanish Civil Guard announced on 20 July that they had detained the suspects in Manacor, Balearic Islands, and in the province of Andalusia. The individuals are alleged to…
May 30, 2024 HC3: Analyst Note TLP:CLEAR Report: 20240530120 Executive Summary A Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a type of cyber attack in which an attacker uses multiple systems, often referred to as a botnet, to send a high volume of traffic or requests to a targeted network or system, overwhelming it and making it unavailable…
Alexander Martin reports: A number of French government agencies have been hit by “intense” cyberattacks, the prime minister’s office announced on Monday. The nature of the attacks, which began on Sunday night, has not been confirmed although the description is consistent with distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The French government said the attack was “conducted using familiar…
Andy Cuthbertson reports: Hackers have infected millions of smart toothbrushes with malware in order to carry out a massive cyber attack against a Swiss company, according to reports. The internet-connected toothbrushes were linked together in something known as a botnet in order to perform a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which overloads websites and servers with…