As mentioned in SecurityScorecard’s (SSC) previous Zhadnost blog posts (part one and part two), the DDoS attacks against Ukrainian and Finnish websites do not appear to have a lasting impact, as the sites were back online within hours of the attack.
SecurityScorecard’s own Ondrej Krehel talks with News 12 in New York about how to protect yourself from what might be the most surreal spam number of all—your own. Most of us are used to getting spam texts: You’ve paid your bill, click this link for a free gift! You’ve won the sweepstakes, click here to redeem! It’s no surprise that nothing good comes from clicking those links.
Creating an incident response plan is mission-critical for modern organizations. As threat actors continuously evolve their attack methodologies, organizations need the people, processes, and technologies that allow them to rapidly respond to a security incident. According to research, attacks have increased by 15% since 2019.
A democratized approach to cybersecurity risk management that leverages continuous monitoring and public-private partnerships is overdue, and critical, for today’s cyber threat environment.
SecurityScorecard (SSC) has identified a DDoS attack which targeted the websites of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense. SSC discovered more than 350 bots, mainly located in Bangladesh and African countries, which are now considered to be part of the Zhadnost botnet, previously discovered by SSC in March.
Nearly every day, it seems like you’re reading about another data breach in the news. Between ransomware attacks and nation-state actors, you can’t rely on the old “trust but verify” adage anymore. Cyber resilience isn’t about preventing all threats, it’s about creating a security program that allows you to identify, investigate, contain, and mitigate threats quickly and effectively.
